Scorcher (book)

Scorcher (book)

"Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change" is a 2007 book by Clive Hamilton which claims that Australia rather than the US is the major stumbling block to a more effective Kyoto Protocol. In the final chapter of the book Clive Hamilton outlines a hypothesis that describes how "the Howard Government has been actively working to destroy the Kyoto Protocol". [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/scorcher-the-dirty-politics-of-climate-change/2007/05/25/1179601645988.html Scorcher: the dirty politics of climate change] ]

Scorcher is an updated version of Hamilton's 2001 book, "Running from the Storm". Both expose the "corrupt politics of climate change in Australia" over the past decade. [ [http://www.foe.org.au/resources/chain-reaction/chain-reaction-editions/chain-reaction-100/book-reviews Review by Jim Green] ] Other books by Clive Hamilton include "Silencing Dissent", "Growth Fetish", "Affluenza" and "The Freedom Paradox".

ee also

*Greenhouse Mafia

References

Bibliography

* Hamilton, Clive (2007). "Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change", Black Inc Agenda, 266 pages.


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