'Climategate': paradoxical metaphors and political paralysis

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'Climategate': paradoxical metaphors and political paralysis

Climate scepticism in the sense of climate denialism or contrarianism is not a new phenomenon, but it has recently been very much in the media spotlight. When, in November 2009, emails by climate scientists were published on the internet without their authors’ consent, a debate began in which climat...

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Main Author:	Nerlich, Brigitte
Format:	Article
Published:	White Horse Press 2010
Subjects:	Climate scepticism climate science policy metaphor framing religion
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1371/

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