TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gore,Albert
AU  - Gore,Al
TI  - An inconvenient truth: the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it 
T2  - Premier's reading challenge Yr 7 - 9
SN  - 0747589062 (pbk.)
AV  - QC981.8.G56.G67 2006 
U1  - 363.738 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Government policy
KW  - United States
KW  - Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Environmental protection
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Climatic shifts
KW  - Greenhouse effect
KW  - Natural resource management
KW  - Gore, Al
KW  - Biography
N1  - Originally published: [Emmaes, PN] : Rodale, 2006; Movie tie-in; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- A scientific hero : Roger Revelle -- A turning point -- Concrete and countryside -- From pole to shining pole -- Across the wilderness -- Serving for the public good -- My sister -- The politicization of global warming -- So here's what you personally can do to help solve the climate crisis -- Save energy at home -- Get around on less -- Consume less, conserve more -- Be a catalyst for change; General
N2  - "Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but it fact it is happening very quickly - and has become a true planetary emergency.  The Chinese expression for crisis consists of two characters.  The first is a symbol for danger ; the second is a symbol for opportunity.  In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and more through it, we first have to recognize that we are facing a crisis.  So why is that out leaders seem not to hear such clarion warnings?  Are they resisting the truth because they know that the moment they acknowledge it, they will face a moral imperative to act?  Is it simply more convenient to ignore the warnings?  Perhaps, but inconvenient truths do not go away just because they are not seen.  Indeed when they are not responded to, their significance doesn't dimish ; it grows." -- back cover
ER  -