Fuelling climate (in)action: why climate change scepticism persists in United States

Mominyar Khalid Butt

Fuelling climate (in)action: why climate change scepticism persists in United States

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Abstract

United States witnessed a rising wave of environmentalism in the 1960s. It sought to increase regulation by the government to protect the natural environment. It led to the passage of the Clean Air Act of 1963 and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970. Resultantly, climate sceptic machinery came to the fore to oppose such environmental gains. Since then, climate action has systematically been opposed by the climate sceptic machinery in United States. The sceptic machinery consists of fossil fuel industries, conservative politicians and media, right-wing libertarian think tanks, contrarian scientists and front groups. Despite striking evidence on climate change, scepticism still exists in United States. It became evident when US rejected Kyoto Protocol and withdrew from Paris Agreement. Many factors are responsible for fuelling such scepticism including corporate greed for profit, the rise of far-right leaders and climate denial propagated by conservative media and contrarian scientists. This paper thus aims to dig into and discuss those factors fuelling climate inaction in United States.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of international conference: climate change: challenges and responses
Editors	Khalid Manzoor Butt, Sanwal Hussain Kharl
Place of Publication	Lahore
Publisher	University of Central Punjab
Pages	148-159
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9789692385817
Publication status	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Climate Change: Challenges and Responses (2023) - University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan Duration: 15 Mar 2023 → 16 Mar 2023

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Climate Change: Challenges and Responses (2023)
Abbreviated title	IC4R-2023
Country/Territory	Pakistan
City	Lahore
Period	15/03/23 → 16/03/23

Keywords

environmentalism
climate sceptic machinery
scepticism
climate change
Paris Agreement
United States

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Fuelling climate (in)action: why climate change scepticism persists in United States. / Butt, Mominyar Khalid.
Proceedings of international conference: climate change: challenges and responses. ed. / Khalid Manzoor Butt; Sanwal Hussain Kharl. Lahore: University of Central Punjab, 2023. p. 148-159.

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