Climate change denial [electronic resource] : heads in the sand / Haydn Washington and John Cook.

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Published: London : Earthscan, c2011.
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100 1 |a Washington, Haydn,  |d 1955- 
245 1 0 |a Climate change denial  |h [electronic resource] :  |b heads in the sand /  |c Haydn Washington and John Cook. 
260 |a London :  |b Earthscan,  |c c2011. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xviii, 174 p.) :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 1. Denial and the nature of science : What is denial? ; Science, uncertainty and the 'preponderance of evidence' -- 2. Climate science : Probability ; 'Forcing' ; Natural and human-caused greenhouse effect ; The carbon cycle ; Modelling ; Feedback ; Runaway climate change ; Is there a safe level of CO₂? ; The spinning 'greenhouse gamble' roulette wheel ; So what? Is there really a problem? ; Scientific and ethical disconnects -- 3. The five types of climate change denial argument : Conspiracy theories ; Fake experts ; Impossible expectations ; Misrepresentations and logical fallacies ; Cherry-picking ; Conclusion -- 4. The history of denial : The long history of denial ; Heaven and Earth -- 5. Do we let denial prosper? : Fear of change ; Failure in values ; Fixation on economics and society ; Ignorance of ecology and exponential growth ; Gambling on the future ; The media ; Despair, apathy and confusion ; Denial within our governments ; Psychological types of denial -- 6. Rolling back denial: the big picture : Because we let it ; What stops us accepting reality? ; Population ; The 'tragedy of the commons' continues ; How do you go about solving climate change? -- 7. Rolling back denial: the technological solutions : Technologies, appropriate and inappropriate ; Renewable energy ; Is nuclear power the way out? ; Is carbon capture and storage the solution? -- 8. Summary and conclusion -- Appendix: Greenscam and denial groups. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
650 0 |a Climatic changes. 
650 0 |a Global warming. 
650 0 |a Climatic changes  |x Psychological aspects. 
650 0 |a Global warming  |x Psychological aspects. 
650 0 |a Denial (Psychology) 
700 1 |a Cook, John. 
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