The Heat Is On: The Climate Crisis, The Cover-up, The Prescription
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738200255 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kerry Walters said Invasion of the weather-snatchers. Coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans are dying because of rising water temperatures. Butterflies are migrating northward. Antarctica is melting. Northern hemisphere forests are being decimated by climate-related fires and insect infestations. The Great . "Sobering synopsis of global climate change" according to A Customer. Gelbspan is a reporter for the Boston Globe who does a great job of describing the science, economics and politics behind gobal climate change. He does an excellent job of defining the problem (in layman's terms) and discussing the disinformation campaign spons. Amazon Customer said Good background. By now, there are obviously many books on global warming available, but this is a good book if anyone is interested in the supposed controversy about global warming. In the first place, Gelbspan goes through a whole list of observable features which should get
Ross Gelbspan has been an editor and reporter at The Village Voice, and The Washington Post. Conference on the Environment in Stockholm in 1972, and addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos in 1998. As special projects editor of The Boston Globe, he conceived, directed and edited a series of articles that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984.. He covered the U.N
Conference on the Environment in Stockholm in 1972, and addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos in 1998. About the AuthorRoss Gelbspan has been an editor and reporter at The Village Voice, and The Washington Post. As special projects editor of The Boston Globe, he conceived, directed and edited a series of articles that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984.. He covered the U.N
It examines the various arenas in which the battle for control of the issue is being fought--a battle with surprising political alliances and relentless obstructionism. This book not only brings home the imminence of climate change but also examines the campaign of deception by big coal and big oil that is keeping the issue off the public agenda. And it concludes by outlining a transistion to the future that contains, at least, the possibility of continuity for our organized civilization, and, at best, a vast increase in the stability, equity, and wealth of the global economy.. The story provides an ominous foretaste of the gathering threat of political chaos and totalitarianism