A Must Read: 'Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming'

Global Warming Deniers and Their Proven Strategy of Doubt
by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway

Naomi Oreskes is a professor of history and science studies at the University of California, San Diego. Erik M. Conway is the author of several books, including Atmospheric Science at NASA: A History. They are co-authors of Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming.

For years, free-market fundamentalists opposed to government regulation have sought to create doubt in the public’s mind about the dangers of smoking, acid rain, and ozone depletion. Now they have turned those same tactics on the issue of global warming and on climate scientists, with significant success.

This brief video clip of Naomi Oreskes explains how media's attraction to conflict doesn't accurately depict the realities of science:

Watch this presentation given by Naomi Oreskes at the University of Rhode Island where she discusses her book, 'Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming' in depth:

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