Climate Change Politics and Policies in America
Cover -- Volume 1: Climate Change Politics and Policies in America -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- How Did America and the Wider World Get to This Point? -- Organization of the Set -- Chapter 1: Early Warnings about Energy Use and Climate Change -- Westerners Demand Increased Development of Coal and Other Natural Resources, 1910 -- President Roosevelt Discusses the Need for a Coherent National Energy Policy, 1939 -- Truman Administration Report Calls for Increased Coal and Oil Production, 1952 -- Admiral Rickover Discusses America and Its Energy Future, 1957 -- President Eisenhower Warns of the Risks of Compromised Scientific Research, 1961 -- President Johnson Discusses the Threat of Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 1965 -- The Johnson White House Warns about the Risk of Global Warming, 1965 -- National Science Foundation Releases Report on Human-Induced "Climate Modification," 1966 -- President Nixon Proposes Ambitious Program of Environmental Regulation, 1972 -- President Carter Talks about the Need for a New Energy Policy, 1977 -- National Climate Program Act, 1978 -- Climate Scientists Unite to Warn about Global Warming, 1979 -- Scientist Roger Revelle Urges Immediate Action on Climate Change, 1980 -- A Warning about Climate Change in the Global 2000 Report to the President, 1980 -- Chapter 2: The Global Warming Debate Heats Up (Reagan and Bush I Years) -- Reagan Administration Identifies Deregulation as Key to Economic Vitality, 1981 -- President Reagan Calls for Major New Investments in Nuclear Energy, 1981 -- The Environmental Protection Agency Asks, "Can We Delay a Greenhouse Warming?" 1983 -- A Republican Senator Identifies Climate Change as a Policy Priority, 1983 -- President Reagan Signs the Montreal Protocol on Ozone-Depleting Substances, 1988