What is the ‘new climate denial’ and how does it impact our response to climate change?

Why is an emerging trend of downplaying the harms of climate change and challenging the science around it worrying experts? Logically Facts explores what is driving this new tactic and how it emboldens climate misinformation.

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Ankita Kulkarni

February 20 2024

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