Although numerous articles on this website have acknowledged that responsible scientific skepticism is a positive force in the advancement of science, as we have explained in numerous articles under the category of  “disinformation campaign” there has been a well-funded climate change disinformation campaign that since the 1980s has been engaged in the following ethically dubious tactics including:

• Lying or reckless disregard for the truth about climate science,
• Cherry picking the science by focusing on unkowns while ignoring what is well-settled in climate science,
• Cyber-bullying and ad hominem attacks on scientists and journalists,
• Manufacturing bogus, non-peer-reviewed climate science through the creation of  ideologically motivated conferences and publications,
• The use of ideological think tanks to promote the views of climate change deniers through their media outreach, speakers bureaus, publications, and conferences,
• The use of front-groups and fake grass-roots organizations, known as Astroturf groups, to promote the views of climate change deniers that…