Down to the wire : confronting climate collapse / David - Index of

irreversibility of, 221n3
land use and, 43–48
legal cases and, 70
in 1980s, 216–19
opportunities of, xi
political response to, 2, 4–7
as predictable outcome, xii
public awareness of, 5, 9, 100
refugees of, xi, 19–20, 32
revolution and, 206
ripple effects of, 54
as runaway train, 3
sacrifi ces required by, 199
surprises of, 22
technology and, xiii–xiv
tipping point of, 222n4
climate policy
Council of Elders for, 209–10
effective, 27
energy policy and, 23–24, 27–29,
100–102
forces in charge of, 189
fossil fuels in, 27–28
global partnership on, 105
implementation of, 102
importance of, 100–101
level of, 21
as linchpin, 206
mitigation and adaptation
encouraged by, 104
for Obama’s fi rst hundred days,
97–98
presidential commission for, 207–9
Clinton, Bill, 218
coal
AMP-Ohio plant, 213
carbon and, 120–21
“clean,” 29, 101, 119–20
desubsidized, 210
mining, in Appalachia, 113–20
true cost of, 120
coalition, mobilization of, 33–34
codes of conduct, 170–71
index S 251
cognitive dissonance, 164
Cold War, 15
Commission on the Prevention of
Weapons of Mass Destruction,
Proliferation, and Terrorism,
223n15
common grazing areas, 52–53
Communications Act of 1934, 62
conformity, 164–65
Congressional Offi ce of Technology
Assessment, 103
Congressional politics, executive
power and, 222n4
connectedness
forgiveness and, 179–80
sustainable development and, 170
Connell, Evan, 122
consensus trance, 5–6
conservatism
climate change recognized in,
69–70
modern, 65–67, 72
neo-, 66, 177, 199
of Weaver, 77
Constitution, U.S., 45, 52
amendments to, 91, 207–8
Civil War and, 86–87, 90
democracy and, 14
governance and, 13–15, 45
inclusiveness of, 14
posterity in, 72
consumerism, 187, 197, 225n3
consumption, 51, 79–80, 140, 223n19
convergent problems, 194
Cooper Institute address, 85–86, 190
corporations
as agents of change, 36–38
green, 7–8, 58–60
politics infl uenced by, 225n31
power of, 208
recent writing on, 224n28
role of, 38–39
Cortese, Tony, 227n4