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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Preface

one LEMMINGS AND LIFEGUARDS Keeping humankind from crashing on the rocks

two THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH Who says climate change is a scientific certainty?

three FROM BERNAYS TO TODAY A brief history of private prophets and public lies

four THE AGE OF ASTROTURFING In which industry steals credibility from the people

five INTERNATIONALIZING UNCERTAINTY Taking the doctrine of doubt on the road

six MANGLING THE LANGUAGE Making doubt reliable and science unbelievable

seven THINK TANK TACTICS Moving public policy into private hands

eight DENIAL BY THE POUND Many wrongs don’t make a right, but they sound better

nine JUNK SCIENTISTS An expert for every occasion; an argument for every position

ten FROM DENIAL TO DELAY A more reasonable—and more dangerous— trend in obstructing action on climate change

eleven SLAPP SCIENCE Using courts and cash to silence critics of climate confusion

twelve MANIPULATED MEDIA An industry overwhelmed in the age of information

thirteen MONEY TALKS Calculating the heavy weight of political capital

fourteen WHITEWASHING COAL In coal country, cleanliness is relative, but profit is absolute

fifteen LITTLE COAL Salvaging a future that’s stuck in the tar sands

sixteen NOBODY WANTS TO BE A CHUMP How the debate cripples public policy and paralyzes private action

seventeen SAVING THE WORLD Tactics for turning back the clock on global disaster

Notes