Climate Change Denial Books and Conservative Think Tanks
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Climate Change Denial Books and Conservative Think Tanks
The conservative movement and especially its think tanks play a critical role in denying the reality and significance of anthropogenic global warming (AGW), especially by manufacturing uncertainty over climate science. Books denying AGW are a crucial means of attacking climate science and scientists, and we examine the links between conservative think tanks (CTTs) and 108 climate change denial ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Behavioral Scientist
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0002-7642,1552-3381
DOI: 10.1177/0002764213477096