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340:"boring", with "the light-hearted and entertaining feel of a Michael Moore film, but in the same league." Olson did not comment on the scientific or pseudoscientific content, instead evaluating the film from a cinematic perspective. While he found the editing to be "decent", he criticized quality of the visuals, lighting, and explained the narrative structure as a series of sequences which all come to the same conclusion: "climate scientists have it all wrong and are conspiring to deceive the public." 186:, arguing that the consensus is overstated and part of an "environmental con job being used to push for increased government regulations and a new 'Green' energy agenda". It offers a series of segments which present arguments that function to cast doubt on aspects of the consensus, pointing to perceived inconsistencies, errors, and political hypotheses. Sections include interviews and commentary by Morano. 29: 358:
s Suzanne Goldberg, "the real mission for Palin and the makers of the movie – in addition to airing various conspiracy theories – was to register the continued existence of a small but still powerful fringe, even as the rest of the world accelerates its efforts to fight climate change."
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Although 97 percent of scientists published in peer-reviewed scientific journals say that climate change is real and caused by human activities, Morano is a member of the small community of those who dispute this
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challenges the validity of several of the film's claims directly, which it characterizes as "the same things they've been arguing for many years, albeit with regular touch-ups."
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was critical of the film's " global warming as an excuse for government takeover and the outrageously false claim that rising carbon emissions are beneficial."
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about the film, Palin explained her passion for the issue, offering an anecdote about her 2008 lawsuit against the U.S. government, challenging the
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The film's basis is in a rejection of the overwhelming scientific consensus about climate change and the impact of human activities on it.
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likewise panned the film, saying its "sections all run together, with topics appearing multiple times and with no real thread to follow."
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called it a "tour through the arguments that some holdout scientists do still make to undermine mainstream climate concerns." The
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was directed and produced by Christopher Rogers, president of Washington, D.C.-based media production company CDR Communications.
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The film features a number of expert testimonies in support of its claims. According to Scott K. Johnson of
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It was shown for one day in 400 theaters across the United States on 2 May 2016.
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and geology professor at the University of Delaware whose work is funded by
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scam offered as a metaphor for climate change arguments.
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Index


Marc Morano
Marc Morano
Fathom Events
the existence and cause of climate change
climate change denialist
Marc Morano
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
fossil fuel lobby
Ars Technica
scientific consensus on climate change
three-card Monte
confidence game
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
executive producers
Paris
2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference
Rayburn Building
Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.
Alaska governor
Sarah Palin
David Legates
climatologist
Koch Industries
fossil-fuel
Brent Bozell
Lamar S. Smith
Variety
polar bear

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