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+====Universities are striking deals with the Koch brothers – the free market and laisse-faire enabling of speech has opened the door to institutional climate denialism that affects students, research, and politics.==== |
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+Connor **Gibson,** 20**14** |
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+"Climate Denial College: Students Push Back on Koch Attack on Academic Freedom" Greenpeace |
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+We Sold Our Souls for Koch Control Covering a deal struck between Koch and Arizona |
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+at the entire University of North Carolina system, composed of 17 schools. |
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+====Rising right-wing populism's denial of climate change ensures it continues – they discredit political opponents, repeal international agreements, and promote bunk science. This is particularly damning in the United States which produces more than 14 of global emissions. ==== |
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+**Young Voices of Europe, 2016** ("How Populists Put Climate Protection at Risk," Young people from France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Sweden and the United Kingdom share their ideas about the current state of Europe and the rise of right-wing populism and extremism, 11-25-16, http://young-voices.boellblog.org/2016/11/24/how-populists-put-climate-protection-at-risk/) |
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+While the UN climate change conference in Marrakesh just closed its doors, US president |
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+a share of 25.36, according to the World Resources Institute. |
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+====Climate change is the biggest tangible threat – it knows no borders and individuals nations can have global effects. Hundreds of millions in the Global South are seeing the effects now and warming makes global infrastructure collapse inevitable.==== |
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+Curtis **Doebbler,** 20**11** |
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+Doebbler is an International Human Rights Lawyer, he has advised the Palestinian National Authority, made representations before the UN Human Rights Council, and has worked in Africa, Europe, and the Americas. "Two Threats to Our Existence" Ahram Weekly. http://www.masress.com/en/ahramweekly/27109 |
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+Climate change is widely acknowledged to be the greatest threat facing humanity. It will |
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+global temperatures reached their highest level ever and natural disasters became regular occurrences. |