What have facts got to do with it anyway?: Competing knowledge claims in lowcarbon energy controversy

Low-Carbon Energy Controversies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 85-113

  McLachlan, Carly ^a   Mander, Sarah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNDALL CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84893853503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203105153     Document Type: Chapter

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