The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial
Bestselling author and journalist David Lipsky takes readers on a wild trip through the long progression of climate denialism, attempting to answer the question: “What the heck happened here?!” As entertaining as it is hair-raising, rife with absurdity, The Parrot & the Igloo, proves the value of knowing when, where, why and how the goal-posts got moved.
A New York Times Editors’ Choice
Named a Best Book of the Year in The New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, Chicago Tribune, and EcoLit Books
A USA Today Must-Read Summer Book
"David Lipsky spins top-flight climate literature into cliffhanger entertainment." —Zoë Schlanger, New York Times Book Review
The New York Times best-selling author explores how “anti-science” became so virulent in American life—through a history of climate denial and its consequences.
In 1956, the New York Times prophesied tha...


