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Monday, July 30, 2012

Battling the Misinformation Surrounding the Effects of Oil Sands on the Climate

Battling the Misinformation Surrounding the Effects of Oil Sands on the Climate

Motivated Reasoning This week I was reading an article from the Associated Press called Some fracking critics use bad science. The gist of the article is that Gasland director Josh Fox used false information in his new film, The Sky is Pink. Among other things, he claimed that cancer rates were higher in Texas where fracking is taking place. Three different cancer researchers in the area contradicted him on this claim.But then the article went on to say something that I thought was very relevant to debates on just about any controversial energy…Read more...
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