Deck 3: Climate Change Denial

Question 1

The denialist lobby in the United States includes:

A) wealthy executives
B) politicians
C) conservative think tanks
D) all of the above

Answer 1

all of the above

Question 2

Two of the costliest forms of crime in society are perpetrated by:

A) street gangs
B) corporations
C) states
D) b and c

Answer 2

b and c

Question 3

In the 2013 IPCC report, what percentage of reviewers were confident that anthropogenic climate change was occurring?

A) 90%
B) 50%
C) 95%
D) 75%

Answer 3

95%

Question 4

Surveys conducted by Yale University and George Mason University indicate that:

A) the number of people who believe that climate change is man-made is increasing
B) the number of people who believe that climate change is man-made is decreasing
C) the number of people who believe that climate change is man-made has stayed the same
D) none of these

Question 5

Surveys conducted by Yale University and George Mason University indicate that the number of people who believe climate change is occurring at all is:

A) increasing
B) decreasing
C) staying the same
D) none of these

Question 6

The study of culturally induced ignorance or doubt is known as:

A) anthropology
B) stupidology
C) liarology
D) agnotology

Question 7

The study of the interrelationship between the economy and the state is known as:

A) political economy
B) agnotology
C) there is no such field
D) none of these

Question 8

The Bhopal Gas incident occurred in:

A) 1995
B) 2003
C) 1962
D) 1984

Question 9

Jurisdictions with more relaxed pollution laws have become known as:

A) pretty stupid
B) landfills
C) tourist attractions
D) pollution havens

Question 10

In order to avoid strict EPA laws, what have American companies been dumping in Mexico?

A) stray cats
B) spent batteries
C) dead bodies
D) radioactive waste

Question 11

According to Information Box 3.2 in the text, what has an effect on policy?

A) interest groups
B) institutional veto players
C) political accountability
D) all of the above

Question 12

Based on Figure 3.4 in the text, one-half of the total CO₂ and MH₄ emissions have occurred since:

A) 1795
B) 1850
C) 1920
D) 1984

Question 13

According to Figure 3.5 in the text, the top carbon producer cumulatively is:

A) Chevron, USA
B) BP, UK
C) ConocoPhillips, USA
D) ExxonMobil, USA

Question 14

The concerted, profit-driven effort aimed at delegitimizing the scientific research that supports climate change has been compared by some to the tactics used by:

A) Big Tobacco
B) Walt Disney
C) Hugh Hefner
D) PETA

Question 15

In Figure 3.6 in the text, the company with the highest anticlimate to proclimate ratio is:

A) ExxonMobil
B) Murphy Oil
C) Nike
D) Boeing

Question 16

In Figure 3.6 in the text, the company that spent the most in total lobbying is:

A) Boeing
B) ExxonMobil
C) General Electric
D) Peabody Energy

Question 17

Concealed funding through third parties is referred to as:

A) black dollars
B) dark matter
C) shady money
D) dark money

Question 18

Michael Mann is a(n):

A) agnotologist
B) congressman
C) distinguished professor who has been repeatedly attacked by climate deniers
D) Big Oil executive

Question 19

The country that recently inexplicably closed down science libraries that contained valuable environmental data is:

A) Canada
B) Norway
C) Italy
D) USA

Question 20

The two corporations featured in a New York Times article as recognizing the impacts of climate change are:

A) ExxonMobil and Chevron
B) Coca-Cola and Nike
C) Boeing and General Electric
D) none of these

Question 21

Define agnotology and discuss its relevance to the lack of public action taken against climate change.

Question 22

Choose two of the macrovariables that affect climate change policy adaption and explain how it relates to processes in the United States.

Question 23

Based on your knowledge of state/corporate crime and the harm to individuals and the environment, do you think we should be prosecuting state and corporate actors the same as street criminals?

Question 24

In light of the increasing evidence of global warming and the toll it will take on humanity, do you think that individuals responsible for pushing the denial agenda should be held accountable? Give reasons for your choice.

Question 25

Has reading this chapter changed your thoughts on climate change and the opposing voices? Why or why not?