The weaponizing of scientific expertise to oppose regulation has been extensively studied.
However, the relevant studies, belonging to the emerging discipline of agnotology, remain …

Climate change denialism, here, simply 'climate denialism,'is a particularly insidious tactic of
the climate change disinformation campaign, yet it is also a result of the climate change …

It comes down to trust. Global warming deniers ask us to trust them and to distrust scientist
individually and collectively. But the American public has always trusted scientists, and for …

Katharina T. Paul a, Samantha Vanderslott b and Matthias Gross c, d aDepartment of
Political Science, Research Platform Governance of Digital Practices (DigiGov), University of …

This paper interrogates how the notion of hypocrisy is invoked in relation to climate change
and offers two key findings. First, it demonstrates that invocations of hypocrisy are not only …

Whilst we know quite a bit about organized forms of climate skepticism, very few studies
focus on how disorganized climate skeptics seek an underdog position to speak truth to …

The result of the November 2016 US presidential election is likely to mean that the world's
highest per capita consumers of fossil energy will not comply with their moral obligations as …

In trying to motivate climate action, many of those concerned about altering the status quo
focus on trying to convince climate deniers of the error of their ways. In the wake of the 2016 …

This chapter will explore the evolution of the climate change disinformation campaign,
starting with the Powell memo in 1971 to recent tactics by the fossil fuel industry, and how …

Climate change poses an existential threat to the world's ecosystems and to human
societies. In order to slow and eventually halt global warming, governments, firms, and civil …