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Revision as of 23:45, 8 June 2011

Not just a river in Egypt

Denialism

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A dirty dozen gems
Doubt is our product since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that exists in the mind of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy.[1]
—1969 Brown & Williamson document

Anti-environmentalism is a term referring to the political reaction and industry backlash against the burgeoning environmentalist movement of the mid-20th century. The rhetorical tactics used by anti-environmentalist groups are sometimes referred to as "green-baiting" in reference to the tactic of red baiting. Anti-environmentalist figures and organizations rarely, if ever, use this term. They prefer to either present themselves as "skeptics" or as "concerned environmentalists" trying to refute "alarmist" elements within their ranks, more or less concern trolling actual environmental groups. Anti-environmentalism is, essentially, environmental denialism.

Contents

Denialist campaigns

In the United States, there were a number of notable anti-environmental campaigns:

  • Denial of cancer risks from smoking and second-hand smoke.
  • Denial of risks related to DDT.
  • Denial of acid rain.
  • Denial of the role of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in creating a hole in the ozone layer.
  • Denial of global warming.

Techniques and rhetoric

Astroturfing

Stereotyping

Frame-flipping

Conspiracy theories

Hard right conspiracy theorists also view environmentalism as a front for any number of the following:

See also

External links

References

  • Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, Review
  • The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney, Website

Footnotes

  1. B&W memo
  2. Perhaps nothing exemplifies this as well as the recent "war on lightbulbs."
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