The Resource The heat is on : the high stakes battle over Earth's threatened climate, Ross Gelbspan
The heat is on : the high stakes battle over Earth's threatened climate, Ross Gelbspan
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- Summary
- In The Heat Is On, Ross Gelbspan exposes the deliberate campaign by oil and coal interests, teamed with conservative politicians, to confuse the public about global warming and the disruptive weather patterns that mark its initial stages. He shows how these fossil fuel proponents have supported the efforts of a small but highly vocal group of "scientific skeptics" whose statements distort the nature of scientific debate, raising doubts in the public mind about this threat which is, in fact, a matter of solid scientific consensus. Gelbspan sets the record straight with contributions from four of the world's leading climate scientists. Ironically, The Heat Is On also shows that the news about climatic change is now so bad that it may well help to save us as it brings the worldwide insurance industry, saddled with billions in unprecedented claims from weather-related damage, into the battle against fossil fuels. The book explains what this emerging alliance among the insurance industry, environmentalists, and a number of the world's most vulnerable nations must do to save the planet. Capturing both the global scope and the historical uniqueness of our dilemma, it shows that the price of inaction may extend well beyond flood-prone lowlands and drought-prone agricultural lands. One casualty could be democracy itself as nations faced with weather-related destabilization resort to totalitarian measures to control their populations
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages)
- Contents
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- Climate change is here, now
- Of termites and computer models
- Battle for control of reality
- Congressional book burning
- Changing climate of business, boom or bankruptcy
- After Rio, the swamp of diplomacy
- Headlines from the planet
- Coming permanent state of emergency
- One pathway to a future
- Scientific critique of the greenhouse skeptics
- Label
- The heat is on : the high stakes battle over Earth's threatened climate
- Title
- The heat is on
- Title remainder
- the high stakes battle over Earth's threatened climate
- Statement of responsibility
- Ross Gelbspan
- Subject
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- Energy industries -- Political activity
- Global warming -- Government policy
- Klimaatveranderingen
- Publieke opinie
- Energy industries -- Political activity -- United States
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Government policy
- Global warming -- Government policy -- United States
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Government policy -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In The Heat Is On, Ross Gelbspan exposes the deliberate campaign by oil and coal interests, teamed with conservative politicians, to confuse the public about global warming and the disruptive weather patterns that mark its initial stages. He shows how these fossil fuel proponents have supported the efforts of a small but highly vocal group of "scientific skeptics" whose statements distort the nature of scientific debate, raising doubts in the public mind about this threat which is, in fact, a matter of solid scientific consensus. Gelbspan sets the record straight with contributions from four of the world's leading climate scientists. Ironically, The Heat Is On also shows that the news about climatic change is now so bad that it may well help to save us as it brings the worldwide insurance industry, saddled with billions in unprecedented claims from weather-related damage, into the battle against fossil fuels. The book explains what this emerging alliance among the insurance industry, environmentalists, and a number of the world's most vulnerable nations must do to save the planet. Capturing both the global scope and the historical uniqueness of our dilemma, it shows that the price of inaction may extend well beyond flood-prone lowlands and drought-prone agricultural lands. One casualty could be democracy itself as nations faced with weather-related destabilization resort to totalitarian measures to control their populations
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gelbspan, Ross
- Dewey number
- 363.738/74
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC981.8.G56
- LC item number
- G45 1997
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- QC981.8.G65
- NAL item number
- G45 1997
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Global warming
- Energy industries
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
- Global warming
- Energy industries
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
- Klimaatveranderingen
- Publieke opinie
- Label
- The heat is on : the high stakes battle over Earth's threatened climate, Ross Gelbspan
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Climate change is here, now -- Of termites and computer models -- Battle for control of reality -- Congressional book burning -- Changing climate of business, boom or bankruptcy -- After Rio, the swamp of diplomacy -- Headlines from the planet -- Coming permanent state of emergency -- One pathway to a future -- Scientific critique of the greenhouse skeptics
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1035617133
- Label
- The heat is on : the high stakes battle over Earth's threatened climate, Ross Gelbspan
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Climate change is here, now -- Of termites and computer models -- Battle for control of reality -- Congressional book burning -- Changing climate of business, boom or bankruptcy -- After Rio, the swamp of diplomacy -- Headlines from the planet -- Coming permanent state of emergency -- One pathway to a future -- Scientific critique of the greenhouse skeptics
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1035617133
Subject
- Energy industries -- Political activity
- Energy industries -- Political activity -- United States
- Global warming -- Government policy
- Global warming -- Government policy -- United States
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Government policy
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Government policy -- United States
- Klimaatveranderingen
- Publieke opinie
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