Contents

Introduction
Part I: The Science
1. What We Know About Warming
2. Humble Human Influences
3. Emissions Explained and Extrapolated
4. Many Muddled Models
5. Hyping the Heat
6. Tempest Terrors
7. Precipitation Perils—From Floods to Fires
8. Sea Level Scares
9. Apocalypses That Ain’t
10. Who Broke “The Science” and Why
11. Fixing the Broken Science
Part II: The Response
12. The Chimera of Carbon-Free
13. Could the US Catch the Chimera?
14. Plans B
Closing Thoughts
Endnotes
Acknowledgments
Index