Naomi Oreskes
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"Naomi Oreskes" is an American historian of science. She became Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University in 2013, after 15 years as Professor of History and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. She has worked on studies of geophysics, environmental issues such as global warming, and the history of science. In 2010, Oreskes co-authored Merchants of Doubt which identified some parallels between the climate change debate and earlier public controversies.

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We had this wonderful anti-authoritarian attitude that made it possible for us to make new innovations and be more open-minded. Well, guess what? That comes home to roost, because it's not scientists in America who are anti-authoritarian, it's Americans in general.

Scientists are best equipped to inform the public about climate science, not White House lawyers. People have a right to know the truth about climate science and the scientific consensus on the seriousness of this problem.