Historian of science Naomi Oreskes recently gave a talk at Brown University, based on her new book, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming, about how right wing scientists founded the George Marshall Institute which has become a key hub for successfully spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt about climate change, along with other environmental issues, and how myths about science enable these political strategies to work. Below is a video of her talk.
Below is a related 2007 talk of her’s from the University of California The American Denial of Global Warming, that provides more details on environmental denial.
Naomi and Eric,
Your book, Merchants of Doubt, is a book that has influenced my thinking and perceptions, first about the US Govt andits actions, and my own Canadian Govt, and its actions.
Thank you very much indeed.
I have “spread the word”, and several of my contacts on Taxacom have now purchased and read your book.
Robin Leech, P.Biol.