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A-renowned-climate-scientist-shows-how-fossil-fuel-companies-have-waged-a-thirty-year-campaign-to-deflect-blame-and-responsibility-and-delay-action-on-climate-change,-and-offers-a-battle-plan-for-how-we-can-save-the-planet.Recycle.-Fly-less.-Eat-less-meat.-These-are-some-of-the-ways-that-we’ve-been-told-can-slow-climate-change.-But-the-inordinate-emphasis-on-individual-behavior-is-the-result-of-a-marketing-campaign-that-has-succeeded-in-placing-the-responsibility-for-fixing-climate-change-squarely-on-the-shoulders-of-individuals.Fossil-fuel-companies-have-followed-the-example-of-other-industries-deflecting-blame-(think-“guns-don’t-kill-people,-people-kill-people”)-or-greenwashing-(think-of-the-beverage-industry’s-“Crying-Indian”-commercials-of-the-1970s).-Meanwhile,-they’ve-blocked-efforts-to-regulate-or-price-carbon-emissions,-run-PR-campaigns-aimed-at-discrediting-viable-alternatives,-and-have-abdicated-their-responsibility-in-fixing-the-problem-they’ve-created.-The-result-has-been-disastrous-for-our-planet.In The-New-Climate-War,-Mann-argues-that-all-is-not-lost.-He-draws-the-battle-lines-between-the-people-and-the-polluters-fossil-fuel-companies,-right-wing-plutocrats,-and-petrostates.-And-he-outlines-a-plan-for-forcing-our-governments-and-corporations-to-wake-up-and-make-real-change,-including:A-common-sense,-attainable-approach-to-carbon-pricing–and-a-revision-of-the-well-intentioned-but-flawed-currently-proposed-version-of-the-Green-New-Deal;Allowing-renewable-energy-to-compete-fairly-against-fossil-fuelsDebunking-the-false-narratives-and-arguments-that-have-worked-their-way-into-the-climate-debate-and-driven-a-wedge-between-even-those-who-support-climate-change-solutionsCombatting-climate-doomism-and-despair-mongeringWith-immensely-powerful-vested-interests-aligned-in-defense-of-the-fossil-fuel-status-quo,-the-societal-tipping-point-won’t-happen-without-the-active-participation-of-citizens-everywhere-aiding-in-the-collective-push-forward.-This-book-will-reach,-inform,-and-enable-citizens-everywhere-to-join-this-battle-for-our-planet.
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