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With narrative sweep and a superb eye for character, Lipsky unfolds the dramatic narrative of the long, strange march of climate science. The story begins with a tale of three inventors—Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and Nikola Tesla—who made our technological world, not knowing what they had set into motion. Then there are the scientists who sounded the alarm once they identified carbon dioxide as the culprit of our warming planet. And we meet the hucksters, zealots, and crackpots who lied about that science and misled the public in ever more outrageous ways. Lipsky masterfully traces the evolution of climate denial, exposing how it grew out of early efforts to build a network of untruth about products like aspirin and cigarettes. Featuring an indelible cast of heroes and villains, mavericks and swindlers, The Parrot and the Igloo delivers a real-life tragicomedy—one that captures the extraordinary dance of science, money, and the American character.

Climatic changes. --- Climatic changes --- Climatic changes in mass media. --- Global warming. --- Environmental sociology. --- Environmental policy. --- Denialism. --- Changements climatiques --- Réchauffement de la Terre. --- Sociologie de l'environnement. --- Politique de l'environnement --- Climatoscepticisme. --- Psychology --- Political aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Public opinion --- Psychologie. --- Aspects politiques --- Société --- Dans les médias --- Opinion publique. --- Midgley, Thomas, --- Mills, Mark P. --- Robinson, Arthur, --- Singer, S. Fred --- Idso, Sherwood B. --- Bourne, Jason --- Singer, Siegfried Fred, --- Bourne, Jason,