Clarifying anti-reflexivity: Conservative opposition to impact science and scientific evidence

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Dunlap, Riley E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; BUSH ADMINISTRATION; ECONOMIC PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; PUBLIC TRUST; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; STRUCTURAL ISSUES; US CONGRESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; HEALTH RISK; RESEARCH WORK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896851258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/2/021001     Document Type: Review

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