“Dealing in Doubt” describes 20 years of organized attacks on climate science
This new 25-page must read report, “Dealing in Doubt,” by Cindy Baxter describes 20 years of organized attacks on climate science, climate scientists and the IPCC.
It sets out some of the key moments in this campaign of denial started by the fossil fuel industry, and traces them to their sources.
“We seem to have found the smoking gun showing the ultimate link between the people trying to show smoking doesn’t cause cancer and those claiming climate change isn’t caused by humans and happening now,” writes Greenpeace on their Climate Rescue Weblog.
“Objective No. 1: To set aside in the minds of millions the false conviction that cigarette smoking emitting carbon dioxide causes lung cancer climate change and other diseases ocean acidification; a conviction based on fanatical assumptions, fallacious rumors, unsupported claims and the unscientific statements and conjectures of publicity-seeking opportunists…
You get the idea. Read the full post here.
Get a pdf of the full report here.
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