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050 00 $aQC981.8.G56$bG45 1997
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100 1 $aGelbspan, Ross.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91004245
245 14 $aThe heat is on :$bthe high stakes battle over Earth's threatened climate /$cRoss Gelbspan.
260 $aReading, Mass :$bAddison-Wesley Pub. Co.,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $aviii, 278 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Climate Change Is Here. Now --$g1.$tOf Termites and Computer Models --$g2.$tThe Battle for Control of Reality --$g3.$tA Congressional Book Burning --$g4.$tThe Changing Climate of Business: Boom or Bankruptcy --$g5.$tAfter Rio: The Swamp of Diplomacy --$g6.$tHeadlines from the Planet --$g7.$tThe Coming Permanent State of Emergency --$g8.$tOne Pathway to a Future --$gApp. A.$tA Scientific Critique of the Greenhouse Skeptics.
520 $aIn 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.
520 8 $aHe 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.
520 8 $aIronically, 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.
520 8 $aThe 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.
520 8 $aOne casualty could be democracy itself as nations faced with weather-related destabilization resort to totalitarian measures to control their populations.
650 0 $aGlobal warming$xGovernment policy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008118198
650 0 $aEnergy industries$xPolitical activity.
650 0 $aGreenhouse effect, Atmospheric$xGovernment policy.
650 0 $aGlobal warming$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008118200
650 0 $aEnergy industries$xPolitical activity$zUnited States.
650 0 $aGreenhouse effect, Atmospheric$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.
852 00 $boff,glg$hQC981.8.G56$iG45 1997
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