Behind the Curve : Science and the Politics of Global Warming.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (324 pages)
- Weyerhaeuser Environmental Bks. .
- Weyerhaeuser Environmental Bks. .
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by William Cronon -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Telling Stories about CO2 -- 1. The Cold War Roots of Global Warming -- 2. Scientists, Environmentalists, and the Global Atmosphere -- 3. Making the Global Environment -- 4. Climate, the Environment, and Scientific Activism -- 5. The Politics of Dissent -- 6. The IPCC and the Primacy of Science -- 7. The Gospel of the Market -- Epilogue: Climbing Out from Behind the Curve -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
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Global warming -- History. Atmospheric carbon dioxide. Environmental protection. Science -- Political aspects.