Readers brave enough to pick it [We’re Doomed. Now What?] up will discover the direct and unvarnished commentary it promises…. Based on its title, some readers might expect We’re Doomed to function as an unremitting rant against the people and agencies actively destroying the environment. But Scranton is a more subtle and versatile writer than that. While he has many disturbing factoids about climate change at his fingertips—and deploys them with precision and accuracy—the essays benefit from the author’s tendency toward self-deprecation.