x, 206 pages :illustrations ;22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
"By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change--including how to stop it. Over the next decade, a handful of scientists, politicians, and strategists, led by two unlikely heroes, risked their careers in a desperate, escalating campaign to convince the world to act before it was too late. This is their story"--Publisher marketing.
1.Global warming--History.2.Global environmental change--History.3.Carbon dioxide--Environmental aspects.4.Petroleum industry and trade--History.Dynamic Details