This chapter discusses the tactics used by those who advocate for cutting hydrocarbon fuels and how they brand those who disagree with them as climate criminals. It also highlights the influence of think tanks and front groups tied to fossil fuel companies or conservative donors, and how they have attacked the science linking tobacco products to lung cancer.
It’s climate week. To mark the occasion we’re talking to scientist Michael E. Mann about six D-words that help us understand where the conversation around climate change has been and where it’s going.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Tien Nguyen, engineered by David Herman and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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