Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It

What began as slide show has become not only an award-winning documentary but also an important and reader-friendly book: Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It has been praised as an accurate, clear, and evocative summary of the central arguments regarding global warming.  Full of illustrative and clarifying graphs and photos, the book not only explains the human forces behind global warming, but also lays out its disastrous consequences.  Most importantly, the book offers practical personal and political steps Americans can begin taking today to address climate change. 

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Environmentalists are calling the recent (12/28/06) White House proposal that the polar bear be added to the list of endangered species a clear admission on the part of the Bush Administration that the threat of global warming is real and contributing to the destruction of the polar bear’s natural artic habitat.  While more detailed and scientific analyses of the global warming phenomena may be available elsewhere (see reading suggestions below), Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth has gone a long way towards bringing the global warming debate into the popular conscience and made it more difficult for the average American to claim ignorance or neutrality.  Reading An Inconvenient Truth is a highly recommended first step for those looking to learn more about global warming and what can be done to address it. 

Once you read An Inconvenient Truth, you might want to further educate yourself with other books on the topic, including: The Winds of Change by Eugene Linden, The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery, and Field Notes From a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert.  Also, be sure to inform yourself of the opposing views with articles written by global warming critics such as Richard Lindzen to best make your own, educated decision as to what your role will be in the global warming phenomenon.