19. Interview with Stuart Eizenstat.

20. Interview with Chuck Hagel.

21. Krupp, “The Making of a Market-Minded Environmentalist,” pp. 1–7 (policies and measures); interview with Stuart Eizenstat (“three issues”).

22. Interview with Stuart Eizenstat.

23. Bolin, A History of the Science and Politics of Climate Change, pp. 151, 159.

24. Interviews with Chuck Hagel and others.

1. Tony Blair, A Journey: My Political Life (New York: Knopf, 2010), pp. 554–60.

2. Nicholas Stern to author; Nicholas Stern, The Global Deal: Climate Change and the Creation of a New Era of Progress and Prosperity (New York: Public Affairs, 2009), p. 204.

3. Interviews with James Connaughton (“zippo”) and Jeffrey Kupfer; Christine Todd Whitman, It’s My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America (New York: Penguin, 2005) pp. 170–73; Ron Suskind, The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004), pp. 88, 99, 121–22; Paul O’Neill, Science, Politics, and Global Climate Change (Pittsburgh: Alcoa, 1998).

4. Interview with Donald Evans.

5. Interview with James Mahoney; Granger Morgan, H. Dowlatabadi, M. Henrion, D. Keith, R. Lempert, S. McBrid, M. Small, T. Wilbanks, eds., Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating, and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Decisionmaking (Washington, D. C.: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2009).

6. Blair, A Journey, p. 311 (“masterstroke”).

7. Interview with David King; David King, “The Science of Climate Change: Adapt, Mitigate or Ignore?” The Ninth Zuckerman Lecture, October 31, 2002; David King, “Climate Change Science: Adapt, Mitigate, or Ignore?” Science 303, no. 5655 (2004), pp. 176–77.

8. CENTRA Technology Inc. and Scitor Corporation, “Russia: The Impact of Climate Change to 2030: Geopolitical Implications,” September 2009.

9. Interview with Richard Sandor; Richard Sandor, “Market Based Solutions for Climate Change,” paper, September 1, 2004.

10. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007), pp. 2, 12, 85–88; Al Gore remarks at the Wall Street Journal Eco-Nomics conference, March3, 2009.

11. Nicholas Stern, The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007); Economist, November 2, 2006.

12. Interviews with William Nordhaus and Nicholas Stern.

13. John Browne, Beyond Business (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2010), p. 80; John Browne, speech, Stanford University, May 19, 1997.

14. Daniel C. Esty and Andrew S. Winston, Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006); Global Climate “Backgrounder,” February 25, 1997 (“radical reductions”).

15. Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2007.

16. Rajendra Pachauri, “Energy and Growth: Beyond the Myths and Myopia,” Energy Journal 10, no 1 (1989), p. 12 (“continuing insularity”); “A Conversation with Nobel Prize Winner Rajendra Pachauri,” Yale Environment 360, June 3, 2008 (“alarm”); interview with Rajendra Pachauri, CERAWeek, February 11, 2008 (“no room”).

17. Nancy Pelosi, speech, Johns Hopkins University Commencement, May 21, 2009.

18. Transcript, “Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations for 1999 – Part 7 – Environmental Protection Agency,” U. S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, 1998; Carol Browner, speech, MIT Energy Initiative, April 13, 2009; George W. Bush, letter to Chuck Hagel, March13, 2001 (“not a ‘pollutant’”).

19. Edward Markey, speech, MIT Energy Initiative, April 13, 2009 (“most important”); Opinion of the Supreme Court, Massachusetts et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, April 2, 2007, 549 U. S. 497, pp. 2–3, 16; New York Times, October 30, 2006.

20. Interviews with Samuel Bodman and Paula Dobriansky; George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, Washington, D. C., January 23, 2007; George W. Bush, Decision Points (New York: Crown, 2010), p. 347.

1. Barack Obama, “Remarks on Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Change,” January 26, 2009.

2. Interview with Ed Markey.

3. Erica Downs, “China’s Energy Rise” in China’s Rise in Historical Perspective, ed. Brantly Womack (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2010), p. 190.

4. Joanna A. Lewis, “China’s Strategic Priorities in International Climate Change Negotiations,” Washington Quarterly 31, no. 1 (Winter 2007–8), pp. 155–74 (four-year study); National Development and Reform Commission, “China’s National Climate Change Program,” People’s Republic of China, June 2007 (“further intensify”); Kenneth Lieberthal, “U. S.-China Clean Energy Partnership: Progress, Prospects and Recommendations,” Brookings Institution, September 2009 (possible consequences); New York Times, September 8, 2009 (“win-win”).

5. Isabel Hinton, “In India, A Clear Victor on the Climate Front,” Yale Environment 360, March1, 2010 (“kiss of death”); Jairam Ramesh, speech to Parliament, December 3, 2009; Wall Street Journal, March 8, 2010 (“ bread-and-butter”).

6. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, “Draft Decision: Proposal by the President, Copenhagen Accord,” December 18, 2009 (“international measurement”); William Antholis and Strobe Talbott, Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming (Washington, D. C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2010), ch. 5 (“variable geometry”); interview with David Sandalow; Eric Pooley, The Climate War: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth (New York: Hyperion, 2010), pp. 423–41.

7. Pennsylvania State University, “RA-1O Final Investigation Report Involving Dr. Michael E. Mann,” June 4, 2010.

8. Hindu, January 19, 2010 (many glaciers, “iota”); Guardian, November 9, 2009 (“standstill,” “arrogant”); Isabel Hinton, “In India, A Clear Victor on the Climate Front,” Yale Environment 360, March 2, 2010 (“copied”); Times (London), January 21, 2010 (“astrologer”); Bloomberg, January 20, 2010 (“pathetic state”).

9. Dmitry Medvedev, speech, August 4, 2010; Reuters, August 23, 2010 (Vladimir Putin).

10. The New York Times, December 16, 2010 (“command-and-control”); Associated Press, January 3, 2011 (“unable to legislate”); New York Times, December 9, 2010.

1. Jimmy Carter, White House Diary (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010), p. 332; New York Times, June 21, 1979; Time, July 7, 1979.

2. The White House, “Fact Sheet: President Obama Highlights Vision for Clean Energy Economy,” April 22, 2009; Evan Osnos, “Green Giant: Beijing’s Crash Program for Clean Energy,” New Yorker, December 21, 2009 (Hu Jintao); Guardian (London), May 14, 2010 (Cameron).

3. Harvey Strum, “Eisenhower’s Solar Energy Policy,” Public Historian 6, no. 2 (1984), pp. 37–55.

4. Interview with Denis Hayes; New York Times, April 23, 1970 (“speech somewhere”); Time, January 4, 1971 (“issue of the year”).

5. Interview with Scott Sklar.

6. New York Times Magazine, March16, 1975 (“eco-freaks”); interview with Denis Hayes; Amory B. Lovins, “Energy Strategy: The Road Not Taken?” Foreign Affairs, October 1976; Denis Hayes, Rays of Hope: The Transition to a Post-Petroleum World (New York: W. W. Norton, 1977).