"It has long been observed that global warming offers
opportunities for a huge number of interests to exploit and that
the eagerness to exploit the issue has led to a remarkable
corruption of institutions-public, private, and academic. In a set
of cogent and well- written contributions, Climate Coup
documents what is happening intelligently and in depth. There is no
need for indignation in the contributions; the situation speaks for
itself."
-Richard S. Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of
Atmospheric Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"There is a growing realization that governments have overreacted
to the potential risk of climate change. This book illustrates
coherently and convincingly what government failure looks like:
climate policies and legislation that cause more economic harm than
benefit, green hysteria that is choking reason, and political
remedies that are worse than the diagnosed problem."
-Benny Peiser, Director, Global Warming Policy
Foundation
"Like no one else on the planet, Michaels once again puts sizzle in
the global warming debate. Michaels and his distinguished authors
pull back the curtains on Climategate, cap-and-trade, the
scientific review process, and motives for various policies. What
they expose will keep you reading page after page."
-Robert C. Balling, Jr., Professor, School of
Geographic Science and Urban Planning, Arizona State
University
"Patrick Michaels was almost alone in 1992 when he published his
first book. In Sound and Fury: The Science and Politics of
Global Warming, Michaels pointed out that the observations did
not agree with the disastrous global warming hypothesis and the
extent of the corrupt efforts to promote and defend it. now, almost
20 years later, with the books and blogs of many others, belief in
the hypothesis in the scientific community is in free fall.
Climate Coup should be required reading, as it sounds the
alarm that the fight is far from over. Those who have been
profiting from the huge sums of money spent predicting disasters
continue unfazed by the scientific truth. The chapter by Pilon and
Turgeon on possible action by the executive branch and the chapter
by Michaels on recent policy and regulations are especially
noteworthy."
-David H. Douglass, Professor of Physics,
University of Rochester; Fellow, American Physical Society
