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lxlxlxl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-03-08 03:21 PM
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Has anyone collected a "greatest hits" of Republican lying/stalling on environmental policy?
The whitewashing is happening on so many levels, but as someone who studied environmental issues
in my high school debate class 10+ years ago, I know which party pushed fear/propaganda to do
nothing on the environment.

Does any organization have a quick hit list of quotes, columnists, or organizations that have stalled
this most basic question about our lives in order to protect profits?

Thanks
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-03-08 04:50 PM
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1. the best thing *I have is this
it's a site I probably got from someone else here. It's lots of science.. not so much about the fear/propaganda/mocking stuff the climate deniers can't let go of.
http://climlead.uoregon.edu/publicationspress/Q&A%20for%20Climate%20Skeptics.pdf

I look through my bookmarks some more.
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JohnWxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-03-08 05:30 PM
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2. The Republicans war on science
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-03-08 08:35 PM
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3. Life isn't long enough . . . at least not for me
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kristopher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-03-08 09:10 PM
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4. Glad you asked...
Edited on Wed Sep-03-08 09:11 PM by kristopher
Download this doc on ExxonMobile by the Union of Concerned Scientists:
http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/global_warming/exxon_report.pdf

And for a background on the massive overall effort to create a counter-environmental movement to replace the threat of the Soviet Union as a political whipping-boy: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/global_environmental_politics/v006/6.1jacques.html


There is a newer more specific paper by Jacques and Dunlap titled: The organisation of denial: Conservative think tanks and environmental scepticism

Abstract
Environmental scepticism denies the seriousness of environmental problems, and self-professed 'sceptics' claim to be unbiased analysts combating 'junk science'. This study quantitatively analyses 141 English-language environmentally sceptical books published between 1972 and 2005. We find that over 92 per cent of these books, most published in the US since 1992, are linked to conservative think tanks (CTTs). Further, we analyse CTTs involved with environmental issues and find that 90 per cent of them espouse environmental scepticism. We conclude that scepticism is a tactic of an elite-driven counter-movement designed to combat environmentalism, and that the successful use of this tactic has contributed to the weakening of US commitment to environmental protection.


http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a793291693~db=all~order=page

It requires paid access.
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