Redrawn Climate Battle Lines Come into Focus

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By Keith Kloor
May 10, 2012 11:31 PMNov 19, 2019 10:50 PM

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Two seemingly disparate events this week underscore major shifts in the climate discourse--at least in the U.S. One is the defeat of Senator Richard Lugar in the Indiana Republican primary. The other is this NYT op-ed from NASA climate scientist James Hansen. What's the connection? Well, each, in its own way, illustrate the newly established battle lines of America's climate debate. I explain why in my latest post at the Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media.

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