An AP News article that focuses on climate disinformation led by fossil fuel companies features CSSN Scholar Ben Franta for his expertise on the history of climate science and denial.

Quotes:

“Even as surveys show the public generally has become more concerned about climate change, a sizeable number of Americans have become even more distrustful of the scientific consensus.”

“‘We are living within an extended multi-decade campaign executed by the fossil fuel industry,’ Franta said.”

“Aggressive approaches to address climate change are now dismissed not on scientific grounds but on economic ones.”