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      PRAISE FOR CLIMATE COVER-UP

      “Absolutely superb—one of the best dissections

      of the climate information war I have ever

      seen. This is one terrific piece of work!”

      ROSS GELBSPAN

      author of The Heat Is On

      “Through impeccably documented analysis, Climate Cover-Up exposes the well-oiled propaganda campaign designed to manufacture dissent and uncertainty about the science of global warming. It is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of democracy.”

      ANDREW WEAVER

      author of Keeping Our Cool: Canada in a Warming World

      “A clear and courageous battle cry against

      those who, for profit’s sake, would lead us to

      environmental and, ultimately, economic ruin.”

      LESTER R. BROWN

      author of Plan B 3 .0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

      “An important and disturbing book about the lies and

      corrupt language that government and industry

      still employ to dismiss the facts on global warming.”

      ANDRE WNIKIFORUK

      author of Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent

      “To those of us who have been unknowingly made

      to turn a blind eye to the terrifying and true facts about

      global warming, there’s no time left for ignorance. Please

      read this shocking and incredible book, learn how

      we’ve been manipulated, get angry, and take action.”

      NEVE CAMPBELL

      actress and producer

      “Climate Cover-Up reveals how strategic corporate public relations, an unwitting media, and feckless scientists have created a rhetoric-driven public conversation about climate change that defies logic and reason. If you are interested in positive social change on climate issues, this book is a must-read.”

      FRANKLIND. GILLIAM JR.

      dean, School of Public Affairs, and professor of public policy

      and political science, University of California, Los Angeles

      “Jim Hoggan in this essential book illuminates

      our folly, even as he points a way forward with hope.”

      WADE DAVIS

      author of The Serpent and the Rainbow

      “Climate Cover-Up clears the way for a new era of honesty and climate progress.”

      TZEPORAH BERMAN

      campaign director and founder, Forest Ethics

       CLIMATE COVER-UP

       THE CRUSADE TO DENY GLOBAL WARMING

      JAMES HOGGAN with RICHARD LITLEMORE

       CLIMATECOVER-UP

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      D&M PUBLISHERS INC.

      Vancouver/Toronto/Berkeley

      Copyright © 2009 by James Hoggan with Richard Littlemore

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      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a license from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For a copyright license, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800 -893-5777.

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      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Hoggan, James, 1946- Climate cover-up : the crusade to deny global warming/ James Hoggan and Richard Littlemore. Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 978-1-55365-485-8

      1. Climatic changes. 2. Climatic changes—Government policy.

      I. Littlemore, Richard II. Title.

      QC903.H63 2009 363.738’74 C2009 - 903508-1

      Editing by Susan Folkins

      Copy editing by Eve Rickert

      Cover design by Martyn Schmoll

      Cover illustration by Martin Barraud/Getty Images

      Text design by Naomi MacDougall

      Printed and bound in Canada by Friesens

      Printed on acid-free paper that is forest friendly (100% post-consumer

      recycled paper) and has been processed chlorine free

      Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West

      We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia through the Book Publishing Tax Credit, and the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities.

      In thanks and as a tribute to ROSS GELBSPAN,

      whose early scoops and dedicated journalism exposed the

      climate change denial campaign and inspired this book.

       CONTENTS

       six MANGLING THE LANGUAGE Making doubt reliable and science unbelievable

       seven THINK TANK TACTICS Moving public policy into private hands

       eight DENIAL BY THE POUND Many wrongs don’t make a right, but they sound better

       nine JUNK SCIENTISTS An expert for every occasion; an argument for every position

       ten FROM DENIAL TO


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