Book DescriptionExposes how big business, the Bush administration, and environmentalists alike are preventing us from solving the problem of global warming-and offers a prescription for saving the planet In Boiling Point, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ross Gelbspan argues that, unchecked, climate change will swamp every other issue оджфз 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.  Фаркоп -2005 г 254 стр ISBN 0465027628.