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Boiling Point How Politicians Big Oil and Coal Journalists and Activists Are Fueling the Climate Crisis--And What We Can Do to Avert Disaster Author: Ross Gelbspan In Boiling Point, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ross Gelbspan argues that, unchecked, climate change will swamp every other issue facing us today. Indeed, what began as an initial response of many institutions-denial and delay-has now grown into a crime against humanity. Gelbspan's previous book, The Heat Is On, exposed the financing ...  more »of climate-change skeptics by the oil and coal companies. In Boiling Point, he reveals exactly how the fossil fuel industry is directing the Bush administration's energy and climate policies -payback for helping Bush get elected. Even more surprisingly, Gelbspan points a finger at both the media and environmental activists for unwittingly worsening the crisis. Finally, he offers a concrete plan for averting a full-blown climate catastrophe. According to Gelbspan, a proper approach to climate change could solve many other problems in our social, political, and economic lives. It would dramatically reduce our reliance on oil, and with it our exposure to instability in the Middle East. It would create millions of jobs and raise living standards in poor countries whose populations are affected by climate-driven disease epidemics and whose borders are overrun by environmental refugees. It would also expand the global economy and lead to a far wealthier and more peaceful world. A passionate call-to-arms and a thoughtful roadmap for change, Boiling Point reveals what's at stake for our fragile planet  « less Post This Book + Reminder Login | Register ISBN-13: 9780465027613 ISBN-10: 046502761X Publication Date: 8/2004 Pages: 254 Rating: Currently 0/5 Stars.   ? 0 stars, based on 0 rating Publisher: Basic Books Book Type: Hardcover Other Versions: Paperback Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

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