They Knew: The U.S. Federal Government’s Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis

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environmental book nonfiction book

"They Knew: The U.S. Federal Government’s Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis" is a nonfiction book by environmental lawyer and scholar James Gustave Speth that documents how U.S. political leaders understood the dangers of climate change for decades yet failed to act, thereby contributing significantly to the current crisis.

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instanceOf	environmental book ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ
argues	U.S. political leaders understood climate dangers for decades ⓘ federal inaction significantly contributed to the climate crisis ⓘ
author	James Gustave Speth NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorNationality	American ⓘ
authorOccupation	environmental lawyer ⓘ environmental scholar ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizes	U.S. federal government climate inaction ⓘ political leaders who obstructed effective climate policy ⓘ
documents	historical record of climate science awareness in U.S. government ⓘ interactions between scientists and policymakers on climate change ⓘ policy decisions that ignored or downplayed climate risks ⓘ
focusesOn	failure of U.S. political leaders to act on climate science ⓘ knowledge of climate risks within the U.S. federal government ⓘ role of U.S. federal policy in causing the climate crisis ⓘ
genre	environmental history ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ political history ⓘ
hasPerspective	based on historical and documentary evidence ⓘ critical of U.S. federal climate policy ⓘ
intendedAudience	policy makers and climate advocates ⓘ readers interested in climate policy ⓘ readers interested in environmental history ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	U.S. federal government climate policy ⓘ climate change ⓘ climate crisis ⓘ environmental politics in the United States ⓘ
theme	environmental justice implications of climate inaction ⓘ government accountability for climate change ⓘ intersection of science and politics ⓘ policy failure in the face of scientific warning ⓘ
timeSpanCovered	approximately fifty years ⓘ

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