CBC Fifth Estate explores the Climate Denial Machine

Compiled by Bracewell

The Denial Machine investigates the roots of the campaign to negate the science and the threat of global warming. It tracks the activities of a group of scientists, some of whom previously consulted for for Big Tobacco, and who are now receiving donations from major coal and oil companies.

In the past few years, a hurricane has engulfed the debate about global warming. This crucial scientific issue has become a rhetorical firestorm with science pitted against spin and inflammatory words on both sides. Bob McKeown investigates why a debate that some say could determine the very future of our planet has become a partisan battleground.

The Denial Machine follows a small but powerful group of scientists who argue, among other claims, that global warming may be a good thing and it investigates their links to the oil and coal industries.

The Fifth Estate - CBC Newsworld Nov 17 - Nov 21/06
Friday 10 - 11:00 p.m.
Saturday 4 - 5:00 AM
Sunday, 7 - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday 3 - 4:00 AM
Tuesday 4 - 5:00 AM

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