"In 1956\, the New York Times prophesied t hat once global warming really kicked in\, we could see parrots in the Ant arctic. In 2010\, when science deniers had control of the climate story\, Senator James Inhofe and his family built an igloo on the Washington Mall and plunked a sign on top: AL GORE'S NEW HOME: HONK IF YOU LOVE CLIMATE CH ANGE. In The Parrot and the Igloo\, best-selling author David Lipsky tells the astonishing story of how we moved from one extreme (the correct one) to the other. With narrative sweep and a superb eye for character\, Lipsky unfolds the dramatic narrative of the long\, strange march of climate sci ence. The story begins with a tale of three inventors--Thomas Edison\, Geo rge Westinghouse\, and Nikola Tesla--who made our technological world\, no t knowing what they had set into motion. Then there are the scientists who sounded the alarm once they identified carbon dioxide as the culprit of o ur warming planet. And we meet the hucksters\, zealots\, and crackpots who lied about that science and misled the public in ever more outrageous way s. Lipsky masterfully traces the evolution of climate denial\, exposing ho w it grew out of early efforts to build a network of untruth about product s like aspirin and cigarettes. Featuring an indelible cast of heroes and v illains\, mavericks and swindlers\, The Parrot and the Igloo delivers a re al-life tragicomedy--one that captures the extraordinary dance of science\ , money\, and the American character."
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