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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

It is a rare privilege to have a friend like John Lefebvre, without whose courage, insight, and generosity this book could never have come to pass. We are all deeply indebted to John for his guidance, his constant encouragement, and his ongoing support for the operations of DeSmogBlog.com.

I am also grateful to everyone involved in the DeSmogBlog, especially Richard Littlemore and Kevin Grandia, for their efforts and their research. Many of the details in this book were reported originally on the blog.

The whole community owes a vote of thanks to the scientists and advocates who have worked so hard to catch our attention and build our understanding on the topic of climate change. The Nobel Committee has already offered appropriate praise for former U.S. vice president Al Gore and the scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But some of those scientists have taken a particularly public position and have endured unconscionable abuse as a result. Brave and outspoken scientists such as NASA’s James Hansen, Penn State’s Michael Mann, UC San Diego’s Naomi Oreskes, Stanford’s Stephen Schneider, and the University of Victoria’s Andrew Weaver are among those we know best and respect the most.

There are also scientists and journalists who deserve credit and acknowledgment. Ross Gelbspan, formerly of the Boston Globe, was among the first reporters in North America to uncover the extent of the climate cover-up. ABC’s Bill Blake-more and the New York Times’s Andrew Revkin reported the climate change story accurately when many others were getting it wrong.

In the online world, John Stauber’s SourceWatch.org is an encyclopedic font of information, as is Kert Davies’s Exxon Secrets.org. Joe Romm has done great work at ClimateProgress .org, and the DeSmogBlog team has long been a fan of Australian online journalist and scientist Tim Lambert, whose Deltoid blog has been a solid source of scoops and thoughtful reporting on the science and politics of climate change.

In the process of assembling the material in this book, the DeSmogBlog received solid support from a host of online sources that also do a great job covering this issue. I’d like to thank and acknowledge Richard Graves of ItsGettingHotIn Here.org; Jesse Jenkins of WattHead.blogspot.com; Pete Altman of Switchboard.nrdc.org; Alex Stefan of WorldChanging.com; Brad Johnson, Faiz Shakir, and Amanda Terkel at ThinkProgress .org; Page van der Linden at DailyKos.com; Drew Curtis at Fark .com; and Andrew Sullivan at AndrewSullivan.TheAtlantic.com.

Given the rigors and distractions that are inevitable in putting together this kind of book, I want to extend a special thanks to some of the people who had to pick up the slack during the long process of research and writing. The whole Hoggan staff has been endlessly supportive, but the greatest thanks must be offered in return for the patience shown by my wife, Enid Marion, and by Richard Littlemore’s whole family, including his wife, Elizabeth, and his three boys, Ted, Avery, and Llewellyn.

Finally, I would like to offer a more specific thanks to Richard Littlemore. I have said before that Richard has a knack for writing down the things I say in the way I wish I had said them. But his contribution to this book went much further. He brought passion, energy, and extensive knowledge of climate change, politics, and journalism. In the earliest days he was the lone pen on the DeSmogBlog, and throughout he has been a tireless researcher and a conscientious reporter. Collaborations of this scope are likely to either ruin friendships or cement them forever. In this case I am delighted to say that I have found and forged a good and lasting friendship.

Jim Hoggan