Working across Lines

"Working across Lines is the book we need during these divided times. Accessible and engaging, it offers a dose of hope to counteract the demoralization that often follows an honest assessment of what is needed to address the climate crisis. Hope—as Corrie Grosse reveals—can be found in the compelling stories of everyday people with very different political orientations successfully working across lines of difference to resist extreme fossil fuel extraction. This book is situated nicely within a growing literature on climate and environmental justice. What this book does that most do not is to demonstrate how successful and diverse coalitions striving for climate justice work."—Shannon Elizabeth Bell, author of Fighting King Coal: The Challenges to Micromobilization in Central Appalachia

"The fossil fuel resistance is full of stories of hope—after all, without it our odds of fighting climate change are slim. Working Across Lines powerfully connects storylines, including the author's own journey, to bring to light two examples of where the resistance is at its most impactful. At once deeply researched and highly personal, this book is important reading to understand our particular moment in time."—May Boeve, Executive Director, 350.org

"Corrie Grosse has produced a first-rate study that explores one of the most important questions of our time: how can ordinary people practice coalition building across formidable political and cultural divides to build stronger, more effective, and more equitable movements for climate justice? This is the book I've been waiting for!"—David N. Pellow, author of What Is Critical Environmental Justice?