The ongoing assault on climate science in the United States has
never been more aggressive, more blatant, or more widely publicized
than in the case of the Hockey Stick graph-a clear and compelling
visual presentation of scientific data, put together by MichaelE.
Mann and his colleagues, demonstrating that global temperatures
have risen in conjunction with the increase in industrialization
and the use of fossil fuels. Here was an easy-to-understand graph
that, in a glance, posed a threat to major corporate energy
interests and those who do their political bidding. The stakes were
simply too high to ignore the Hockey Stick-and so began a
relentless attack on a body of science and on the investigators
whose work formed its scientific basis. The Hockey Stick achieved
prominence in a 2001 UN report on climate change and quickly became
a central icon in the "climate wars." The real issue has never been
the graph's data but rather its implied threat to those who oppose
governmental regulation and other restraints to protect the
environment and planet. Mann, lead author of the original paper in
which the Hockey Stick first appeared, shares the story of the
science and politics behind this controversy. He reveals key
figures in the oil and energy industries and the media frontgroups
who do their bidding in sometimes slick, sometimes bare-knuckled
ways. Mann concludes with the real story of the 2009 "Climategate"
scandal, in which climate scientists' emails were hacked. This is
essential reading for all who care about our planet's health and
our own well-being.
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