Bill Scott
22 January 2014

Facing up to stealth denial; winding down on fossil fuels

Posted in: Comment, New Publications

Thanks to David Oldroyd for pointing me towards: the RSA’s Social Brain Centre Report: A New Agenda on Climate Change: facing up to stealth denial and winding down on fossil fuels.

This draws on a UK-based survey that identifies the widespread phenomenon of' 'stealth denial' of which most of us are guilty.  To quote:

"This human response to climate change is unfolding as a political tragedy because scientific knowledge and economic power are pointing in different directions".

More on this later ...

Posted in: Comment, New Publications

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