Go to Hachette Book Group home

Search

Site Preferences

Show prices in:

Promotion

Use code BESTBOOKS24 for 25% off sitewide + free shipping over $35

By clicking “Accept,” you agree to the use of cookies and similar technologies on your device as set forth in our Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy. Please note that certain cookies are essential for this website to function properly and do not require user consent to be deployed.

Boiling Point

How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled a Climate Crisis -- And What We Can Do to Avert Disaster

Boiling Point Open the full-size image

Contributors

By Ross Gelbspan

Formats and Prices

Price

$9.99

Price

$12.99 CAD

Format

Format:

  1. ebook $9.99 $12.99 CAD
  2. Trade Paperback $21.99 $28.99 CAD

This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around March 31, 2008. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.

Also available from:

In Boiling Point, 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. The fossil fuel industry is directing the Bush administration’s energy and climate policies-payback for helping Bush get elected. But they’re not the only ones to blame: the media and environmental activists are unwittingly worsening the crisis. In his new introduction, Gelbspan reveals that the outlook isn’t getting better. The climate continues to change with increasing acceleration: hurricanes devastated Florida; rainfall patterns left two million people starving in Kenya; 2004 was the fourth hottest year on record. At the same time, the coal industry was planning to sabotage an effort in the Senate to begin to regulate carbon dioxide. Officials of Switzerland, France, and Canada said last year that, when the Kyoto Protocol takes effect, they intend to take the United States to court under the World Trade Organization, reasoning that the U.S.’s refusal to lower their carbon emissions amounts to an illegal subsidy-a “carbon subsidy”-on its exports. With the reelection of George W. Bush and a Republican-controlled congress, Boiling Point is more imperative than ever. Both a passionate call-to-arms and a thoughtful roadmap for change, Gelbspan reveals what’s at stake for our fragile planet.

Genre:

On Sale
Mar 31, 2008
Page Count
288 pages
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-13
9780465013418

You May Also Like

The BBC
The BBC $38.00 $48.00 CAD
Social Media Freaks
Social Media Freaks $25.99
Mightier than the Sword
Mightier than the Sword $40.00
Top of the Morning
Top of the Morning $17.00 $19.00 CAD
The Distraction Addiction
The Distraction Addiction $37.00 $47.00 CAD

Ross Gelbspan

About the Author

Ross Gelbspan has been an editor and reporter at the Village Voice, and the Washington Post. He covered the U.N. Conference on the Environment in Stockholm in 1972, and addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos in 1998. As special projects editor of the Boston Globe, he conceived, directed and edited a series of articles that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984.

Learn more about this author