"A chart of 'key components of the climate change denial machine' has been produced by Riley E. Dunlap, regents professor of sociology at Oklahoma State University, and Aaron M. McCright, an associate professor of sociology at Michigan State University. The diagram below (reproduced here with permission) is from a chapter the two researchers wrote on organized opposition to efforts to curb greenhouse gases for the new Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society."

Andrew C. Revkin reports for Dot Earth October 2, 2011. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Who's Bankrolling the Climate-Change Deniers?" (TIME) [3]

"Bill Clinton: Climate Change Denial Makes U.S. Look Like a 'Joke'" (USA TODAY) [4]

"Morano’s Faux Indignation" (Collide-a-Scape) [5]

"Organized Climate Change Denial 'Played a Crucial Role in Blocking Domestic Legislation,' Top Scholars Conclude" (Climate Progress) [6]

"Understanding Climate Denial" (Skeptical Science) [7]

"Industries Still Fueling Climate Denial 2011 Update" (Greenpeace) [8]

"I, for one, Welcome our New Hairy, Crazy Overlords" (Climate Denial Crock of the Week) [9]