In the April 1991 issue of the Cosmos Club Journal, Singer, Revelle and Starr published a paper, “What To Do About Greenhouse Warming: Look Before You Leap,” Roger died in July 1991. One year later, in a discussion of Senator Gore’s book Earth In Balance, Gregg Easterbrook notes that Senator Gore failed to mention that “before his death last year, Revelle published a paper that concludes, ‘The scientific basis for greenhouse warming is too uncertain to justify drastic action at this time.’ ” (Italics ours; see Green Cassandras, The New Republic, 6 July 1992.) Easterbrook goes on to say. “A lifetime of study persuaded Revelle that carbon emissions should be restricted, but are far less hazardous than initially feared.”

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