Doubt: Climate, Tobacco and the Anti-Science Movement

Climate change denial is based on giving people the impression that there is more controversy and unreliability in the science than there actually is. These are the same tactics the tobacco industry used to deny that cigarettes were addictive and harmful, even when they knew perfectly well that that was the case.

For more information see the following books and website:
Naomi Oreskes' book "Merchants of Doubt"
James Cook's book "Climate Change Denial"

Skeptical Science:
http://www.skepticalscience.com
(go to their "Arguments" page for a list of debunked deniers' claims and link to the scientific, peer-reviewed literature that shows human-made greenhouse has emissions are causing the climate to warm at unprecedented rates)
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The video was taken from the climate reality project:

Climate Reality
http://climaterealityproject.org

Climate Progress Network
http://climateprogress.net