Romm's hell and high water slams "denyers and delayers"

onJan 2, 2007 @ 17:16 PST

Haven’t Joseph Romm’s book Hell and High Water yet, but I will after seeing some of the quotes from this recent book review:

Helping plant these doubts [about global warming] is a handful of scientist-commentators – “A group small enough to fit into a typical home bathroom,” writes Romm – who are often funded by the oil and gas industry and are adept at exploiting one of the media’s biggest vulnerabilities: Its pursuit of balance.

To create doubt on any scientific issue, all you have to do is find a few credible-sounding people to present your side, and no matter how many people are on the other side, you’ve got instant debate,” laments Romm, explaining that giving “equal time” to Denyers gives the public the wrong impression about our understanding and level of certainty around global warming science.

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