'Response scepticism': How media climate scepticism entered a dangerous new phase

James Murray
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'Response scepticism': How media climate scepticism entered a dangerous new phase

New analysis finds media opinion formers are less likely to publicly question climate science than they were a decade ago, but attacks on climate action has intensified

Is media climate scepticism entering a new phase? And could it prove even more damaging to green businesses and global climate action than the years of editorials and online conspiracy theories rejecting...

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