distinguishing science from pseudoscience climate change
Part A: Video #1 – PBS: Climate of Doubt https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/climate-of-doubt/
Watch from start to around 7:20 – background
Watch from 15:20 to 21:50 – manipulation of data, “going down the up escalator” and the Oregon Petition
Watch from around 36:55 to about 44:45 – North Carolina climate change legislation on sea level rise and discussion of use of tactics used by the tobacco industry in claiming second-hand smoke is not harmful; oil industry ties
Give two examples from the Climate of Doubt video that illustrate how the media may help promote or help refute pseudoscience. (4 points)
How do the skeptics “diminish the credibility of the scientific consensus” and “spread the message of doubt?” Include analysis of “going down the up escalator” and the Oregon Petition as pseudoscience. (6 points)
What do you think are the motivations behind climate denial, based on the video? Who are the key players seen in the video and what are their credentials? What industries are cited as being heavily involved, and who are some of the key players with ties to industries? (5 points) (5 points)
Discuss the failed North Carolina legislation to “legislate climate change out of existence.” How did the skeptics win, even though the legislation was not passed (what is the next step)? (5 points)
Part B: Video #2 – Senator Brian Schatz talking about the Web of Denial:
Exactly like the tobacco companies profited from denial, so too have the fossil fuel companies. #WebofDenialhttps://t.co/BtgxRYbSJf
— Senator Brian Schatz (@SenBrianSchatz) July 19, 2016
Then read the Senate Concurrent Resolution (found here):
https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Web%20of%20Denial%20Resolution.pdf
Answer the following question:
What is the Web of Denial? Why are US Senators taking action by supporting the Senate Web of Denial Resolution? (5 points)
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