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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b10421251.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 278 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Heat is on.".
- catalog identifier "0201132958".
- catalog isFormatOf "Heat is on.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reading, Mass : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.,".
- catalog relation "Heat is on.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "363.738/74 21".
- catalog subject "Energy industries Political activity United States.".
- catalog subject "Energy industries Political activity.".
- catalog subject "Energy industries United States Political activity.".
- catalog subject "Global warming Government policy United States.".
- catalog subject "Global warming Government policy.".
- catalog subject "Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric Government policy United States.".
- catalog subject "Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric Government policy.".
- catalog subject "QC981.8.G56 G45 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "The heat is on : the high stakes battle over Earth's threatened climate / Ross Gelbspan.".
- catalog type "text".