Not exact matches
It's one thing when environmentalists say that fossil fuel companies»
positions on climate change are
similar to Big Tobacco's past deflections about the hazards of smoking.
Tol's line of reasoning here is
similar to his misrepresentation of Oreskes» results, by taking the number of acceptance papers not just as a fraction of papers that take
position, but rather as a fraction of all papers, including those that take no
position on current anthropogenic
climate change.
(Skeptical Science) When these politicians are asked about the basis for their
positions on climate change, they almost always respond by saying such things as they «have heard that there is a disagreement among scientists» or
similar responses that strongly suggest they have informed an opinion
on climate change science without any understanding of the depth of the scientific evidence
on which the scientific consensus view 0f
climate change has been based.