In their controversial 2004 essay, "The Death of Environmentalism," Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger shook up the environmentalist community by saying, as Nordhaus later put it, "there's a dead body in the room, and it's starting to stink."

With their new book, Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility, they continue their focus on practical solutions to global warming--such as increased government investment in clean energy technologies--rather than on an apocalyptic future. They will be discussing the book this week at the TPMCafe Book Club.

Joining in the discussion will be William Chaloupka, Ross Gelbspan, Linda Hirshman, Carl Pope, David Roberts, and Joseph Romm.