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Gene E. Likens is the pioneering biologist and forest ecologist who led the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study in New Hampshire and first identified acid rain as a serious problem in North America through his research there. He also served on William Nierenberg’s Reagan administration panel on acid rain, where he clashed with Fred Singer and spoke out against Nierenberg for making unauthorized changes to the final summary report. After the government decided not to act to stop acid rain, Likens continued monitoring its evolution over time in the Northeast.
Gene E. Likens Quotes in Merchants of Doubt
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Likens tried to set the record straight with an article in Environmental Science and Technology entitled “Red Herrings in Acid Rain Research.” But in a pattern that was becoming familiar, the scientific facts were published in a place where few ordinary people would see them, whereas the unscientific claims—that acid rain was not a problem, that it would cost hundreds of billions to fix—were published in mass circulation outlets. It was not a level playing field.
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Gene E. Likens Quotes in Merchants of Doubt
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Likens tried to set the record straight with an article in Environmental Science and Technology entitled “Red Herrings in Acid Rain Research.” But in a pattern that was becoming familiar, the scientific facts were published in a place where few ordinary people would see them, whereas the unscientific claims—that acid rain was not a problem, that it would cost hundreds of billions to fix—were published in mass circulation outlets. It was not a level playing field.
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