Dr. Peter Frumhoff discusses how science is pinpointing companies’ impacts.
In this episode
- Peter and Colleen explore how the tobacco and fossil fuel industries are deceptively similar
- Peter explains how disinformation and doubt are common tactics used to avoid regulation
- Colleen and Peter discuss how, with science, we can quantify a company’s impact on climate change
- Peter talks about how the public can be empowered to hold companies accountable for damage to the climate
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