"a must-read book on global warming"

The title of a review of Lawrence Solomon's The Deniers-- by Sterling Burnett in Environment & Climate News...

I haven't read it, but it sounds good!

Burnett calls it "riveting" and says it's the one book he'd recommend (if you were only going to read one book about this topic this year).

Solomon is a Canadian environmental journalist and focuses on the non-scientific tone of the scientific and pseudo-scientific debates on global warming.

About a year ago, Solomon began writing a series of articles for Canada's National Post examining the credentials of, and arguments made by, scientists and economists labeled "deniers" by global warming activists and the media. True to the finest tenets of his profession, Solomon sought the truth concerning whether there was in fact a consensus on the headline-grabbing issue of global warming.

He discovered, contrary to the belief popularized by the mainstream media, dissenting scientists are not rare. There are serious scholars whose views should, but too often do not, inform the scientific and public policy debate concerning global warming. Solomon's columns were important because they brought this message to a wider audience....

Solomon does not attempt to settle the science, show that humans are or are not responsible for the present warming trend, or decide what we can expect the future harms or benefits of continued warming (or cooling) might be. Instead, he simply shows in a manner accessible to a lay audience that uncertainties concerning each important facet of the "consensus" view on warming abound, and that the dissenting views are at least as plausible--and often more compelling--than the alarmist point of view....