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A history of the climate change conspiracy

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Yes, it involves Jason, President Lyndon Johnson and even Irish scientist John Tyndall. They all knew global warming was happening and they spread the word! Watch this video at your peril. [Be further warned: it's an hour long.]No wonder the science was in doubt for so long. Naomi Oreskes has painfully reconstructed the history of the science and the legacy of that manufactured doubt.