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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Scientists have urged climate action for far longer than most people realize.
Chapter 3: Early climate legislation was blocked by widespread indifference and indecision.
Chapter 4: Activists used congressional hearings to make climate change a mainstream political issue.
Chapter 5: The ozone crisis revived a faltering climate change movement.
Chapter 6: In the mid-1980s, bipartisan international climate action seemed truly possible indeed.
Chapter 7: Modest climate-action efforts faced fierce pushback from the fossil fuel industry.
Chapter 8: The United States government shirked its responsibility to lead on climate action.
Description
Losing Earth (2019) tells the story of climate change, both as a scientific fact and as a political conflict. This detailed piece of long-form reporting recounts the scientific community’s early push to raise the alarm about climate change and the coordinated effort the fossil fuel industry made to thwart those warnings.
Who Should Listen
- Environmentalists eager to understand their enemy
- Political moderates needing a dose of reality
- Anyone concerned about the future of Earth