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Here,” the Physics Fact Book, 1999, 4 The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism NOTES Introduction 1. Peter Gwynne, “The Cooling World,” Newsweek, April 28, 1975, p.64; Crystal ball image by Eva Kröcher under GFDL 2. Photograph by Dawn Guenther, all rights reserved 3. “EPA Awards $17 Million to Support Research on the Impacts of Climate Change Twenty-five universities to explore public health and environmental facets of climate change,” EPA press release, Feb. 2, 2010, http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/ admpress.nsf/e77fdd4f5afd88a3852576b3005a604f/806e135c0522699b852576cd006b4813!OpenDocument Chapter 1: Mankind in the Grip of a Madness 1. "The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007," Nobelprize.org, http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/press.html 2. Al Gore photograph by Kjetil Bjørnsrud under GNU Free Documentation License 3. Al Gore, The Nobel Lecture, Oslo, Dec. 10, 2007, http://nobelpeaceprize.org/enGB/laureates/laureates-2007/gore-lecture/ 4. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, http://www.ipcc.ch/organization/organization.shtml 5. The Nobel Peace Prize 2007, http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/ipcc-lecture_en.html 6. HULIQ, http://www.huliq.com/44398/un-climate-panel-chief-pachauri-gore-accept-nobel-peace-prize 7. An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It by Al Gore (Rodale, 2006) 8. Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis by Al Gore (Rodale, 2009) 9. Al Gore, statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, January 28, 2009 10. Image spoof by Anthony Watts 11. Al Gore image by US Government Images, http://globalwarming.house.gov /tools/assets/files/0127.jpg; James Hansen image by Bill Ebbesen; Bill McKibben image by Evan Derickson under GFDL; Nicholas Stern image by the International Monetary Fund; Tim Flannery image by Mark Coulson, 5th World Conference of Science Journalists 12. Al Gore (Rodale, 2006), p. 10. 13. James Hansen, letter to Barack and Michelle Obama, December 29, 2008 14. Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben (Times Books, 2010), p. 2 15. Alison Benjamin, “Stern: Climate Change a ‘Market Failure,’” Guardian, November 29, 2007 16. Now or Never: Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future by Tim Flannery (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2009), p. 14 17. James Hansen, "Coal-fired power stations are death factories. Close them," Observer, February 15, 2009, http://www. guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/15/james-hansen-power-plants-coal 18. J. Hansen et. al., “Climate Impact of Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide,” Science, Aug. 28, 1981, Vol. 213, No. 4511 19. James Hansen, “Global Warming Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near,” address to the National Press Club, June 232, 2008; Executioner photo by Andrew Butko under GFDL 20. 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Barack Obama, Message for the Global Climate Summit, November 17, 2008 32. “Australian prime minister lays out climate change plan” CNN, July 23, 2010, http://articles.cnn.com/2010-07-22/world/ australia.climate.change_1_climate-change-carbon-pollution-biggest-polluters?_s=PM:WORLD 33. Angela Merkel, UN Climate Change Summit, September 22, 2009 34. Mahoman Singh, speech at Council on Foreign Relations, November 23, 2009 35. Debbie Stabenow, interview with Detroit News, Aug. 8, 2009, http://community.detnews.com/apps/blogs/henrypayneblog/ index.php?blogid=2041; Hot earth image by Jack1 under GFDL 36. “Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race,” The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2011, http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/ww- wpewtrustsorg/Reports/Global_warming/G-20%20Report.pdf 37. US Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, http://www.usmayors.org/climateprotection/agreement.htm 38. C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, http://live.c40cities.org/about-us/ 39. 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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php Notes: Pages 18–24 251 Chapter 2: Do This to Save the Planet 1. Audra Ang, “Pelosi appeals for China’s help on climate change,” Associated Press, May 27, 2009, http://www. thefreelibrary.com/Pelosi+appeals+for+China’s+help+on+climate+change-a01611879983 2. UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_16/application/pdf/cop16_lca.pdf 3. White House Press Release, November 25, 2009, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-attend- copenhagen-climate-talks 4. Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment by Paul R. Ehrlich, et. al. (W. H. Freeman, 1970), p. 323 5. N.C. Aizenman, "U.S. to Grow Grayer, More Diverse," Washington Post, Aug. 14, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303524_pf.html 6. 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