Call Them Climate Deniers, Not Skeptics

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Friday March 06, 2015 · 10:39 AM PST

2015/03/06 · 10:39

Justin Gillis of the New York Times recently raised the question of what journalists should properly call those who deny climate science. Are they “skeptics,” as they generally call themselves, or something else?

Given the stakes of our current climate crisis, the semantics matter.

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Wednesday April 30, 2014 · 11:00 AM PDT

2014/04/30 · 11:00

Today students of Harvard Divest are taking a stand to demand that the Harvard Corporation divest from 200 companies that hold the vast majority of the world’s fossil fuel reserves. In addition to highlighting the scientific consensus calling for urgent action to limit carbon pollution, their struggle also seeks to loosen the tight grip that the fossil fuel industry maintains over our economic, academic and political institutions.

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Call Them Climate Deniers, Not Skeptics

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