Fire and flood : a people's history of climate change, from 1979 to the present, Eugene Linden

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Fire and flood : a people's history of climate change, from 1979 to the present, Eugene Linden

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a people's history of climate change, from 1979 to the present

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Eugene Linden

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• Fire and flood : a people's history of climate change, from 1979 to the present

Publication

• New York, Penguin Press, 2022

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• ©2022

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index

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Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- The four clocks -- Part one: Setting the stage. The biggest picture -- Science: the dawn of the modern climate change era -- Part two: The 1980s. Science in the 1980s -- The 1980s: a distracted public -- Business and finance in the 1980s: creating the denial playbook -- Part three: The 1990s. Reality: ominous portents of change -- Climate science in the 1990s: a new paradigm emerges -- The public: stirred but not shaken -- Business and finance in the 1990s: mobilizing, but against climate action -- Part four: The new millennium. Reality in the oughts -- The science of climate change in the oughts -- Public opinion in the oughts: a climate denier in the White House -- Business and finance in the oughts: stirrings of change -- Part five: 2010s: things get real. The 2010s: reality bites -- The climate picture comes into focus -- The 2010s: the public realizes that something is wrong -- The 2010s: Business and finance awaken to the threat -- Part six: Where do we go from here?. The trap we've set for ourselves -- A narrow path to a livable future

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1256592039

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24 cm

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xxxvii, 291 pages

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9781984882240

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2021021241

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WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 520

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.b17331377

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(OCoLC)1256592039