Joseph J. Romm (born June 27, 1960) is an American physicist, writer and environmentalist. He has an interest in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. He is also interested in energy security through energy efficiency and green energy technologies.[1][2]
Romm's 2006 book was Hell and High Water: Global Warming — the Solution and the Politics — and What We Should Do.
In December 2008, Romm was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In March 2009, Rolling Stone magazine named Romm as one of "100 People Who Are Changing America".[3] In September 2009, Time magazine named him one of its "Heroes of the Environment".[4]