Sentences with phrase «consensus on the denial»

This does not explain the consensus on the denial -LRB-!)

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With the establishment of the scientific consensus on climate change, is it reasonable and sensible to ask of government officials who remain obstructive and in denial of such overwhelming scientific data if they are perfidiously engaged in a violation of public trust and, therefore, malfeasant in office?

DeSmog reported that the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearings «have officially turned into theater to stage climate science denial,» noting that Michael Mann was the only witness on the committee to represent the 97 % consensus view that humans cause climate change.

Quite frankly, the various arguments on consensus (and denial thereof by the pseudoskeptics) are equivalent to discussing the number of angels who can dance on a pin, given that by any measure the scientific consensus on AGW is as high as that on ozone depletion by CFCs, acid rain, or the dangers of smoking tobacco, in all of which we found the consensus sufficient to act.

Climate change denial is a set of organized attempts to downplay, deny or dismiss the scientific consensus on the extent of global warming, its significance, and its connection to human behavior, especially for commercial or ideological reasons.

But painting this as the «normal», opinion - based sort of consensus is a good denial tactic, as is highlighting the views of the very few contrarian climate scientists (who are in the same boat as the people who authored negative trials on aspirin, if there are any - they're destined for the dustbin of science history.)

Climate change denial is a term used to describe organized attempts to downplay, deny or dismiss the scientific consensus on the extent of global warming, its significance, and its connection to human behavior, especially for commercial or ideological reasons.

This can also be seen in print and TV news coverage of GOP presidential candidates» climate denial, which frequently failed to indicate that the candidates» statements about climate change conflicted with the scientific consensus on the issue.

Denialism: The denial of basic facts and concepts that are undisputed, well - supported parts of the scientific consensus on a subject, in favor of radical and controversial crank theories.

Like other forms of disinformation, this denial of the expert consensus impinges on the public's right to be adequately informed about the risks it is facing.

Since 1998, a total of at least $ 30.9 million has been doled out from ExxonMobil to think tanks running climate denial campaigns, blocking policy solutions, and attacking the scientific consensus on climate change — including $ 1.8 million last year alone.

The Heartland Institute, a think tank funded by the fossil fuel industry and infamous for backing ACD denial, recently distributed a non-science-based report denying the scientific consensus on ACD to elected officials.

Claims that a scientific consensus on climate doesn't exist despite multiple studies or even cursory looks at the literature, or that expert opinions are meaningless, are really just efforts in denial, and attempts to halt reality - driven public policies.

Attacks on any scientific consensus, whether it be human - caused global warming or the link between smoking and cancer, exhibit five characteristics of science denial.

Every movement that has rejected a scientific consensus, whether it be on evolution, climate change or the link between smoking and cancer, exhibits the same five characteristics of science denial (concisely summarized by the acronym FLICC).

Incontrovertible: There is NO consensus on «climate change»: Only consistent data point: The denial that deni... http://t.co/0v3T6Y6jmm

Incontrovertible: NO consensus on #ClimateChange; only consistent data: Denials that deniers exist!

Participating in the struggle against denial of the scientific consensus on climate is something I would dearly like to continue doing, but force majeure dictates some triage of my efforts.

In contrast to denial of the problem's existence is the consensus statement on the desirability of shared parenting following parental separation for most children (Warshak, 2014).