bs2> In 1982, Nierenberg was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to.. review.. acid rain... The #NierenbergPanel produced a report at war with itself.. a key internal contradiction...the executive summary agreed with the 1981 NAS study...[but a] misleading appendix was written by Fred Singer. In the early 1980s, Singer was a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation
https://grist.org/article/from-tobacco-to-climate-change-merchants-of-doubt-undermined-the-science/
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https://grist.org/article/from-tobacco-to-climate-change-merchants-of-doubt-undermined-the-science/
#WilliamNierenberg #FredSinger #MechantsOfDoubt #CorporateMuddiedWaters #RegulatoryCapture
From tobacco to climate change, ‘merchants of doubt’ undermined the science
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world.”— Margaret Mead Because Americans are optimists we tend to see Mead’s observation as upbeat and life-affirming (as it was probably intended). Blinkered by optimism, however, we miss the dark flip side of her observation — that a few fanatics can do immense […]