Tag: Naomi Oreskes

The groups sowing climate doubt are more emboldened than ever before, sociologists and historians said. Their effectiveness in the era of President Trump is a reflection of a deepening polarization in U.S. politics and a normalization of climate skepticism on the right, they said. Democrats and Republicans have never been further apart on climate change, according to public opinion polling released last week by Gallup. They are proclaiming victories, and they keep pushing," Dunlap said. They fought against President Obama's climate policies for eight years. It goes beyond climate. Yet Pruitt has balked at going after the finding (Climatewire, Dec. 8, 2017). Pruitt may suspect that challenging the endangerment finding is a losing battle. The White House has rebuffed those efforts, to Pruitt's chagrin (Climatewire, March 14). "That might be, I think, the more long-lasting and pernicious effect of the Trump administration — is that they push out good people."