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Kesten Green

Kesten Green is a research associate in the department of Business and Economics at Monash University in Australia.

According to the Monash University website, Green's research interests are judgemental forecasting, forecasting for conflicts and forecasting methods.

Kesten Green and Polar Bears

Green, along with Scott Armstrong and Willie Soon, recently made public an "unpublished working paper" arguing that the current forecast data on polar bear populations is inadequate for making a decision as to whether polar bears should be listed as a threatened species under the US Endangered Species Act.

While the polar bear paper is not published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, it has appeared on multiple websites, including Soon's Science and Public Policy website, Spiked Online, and various blogs.

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About the climate cover-up

About the climate cover-up

Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.

There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.

Although all public relations professionals are bound by a duty to not knowingly mislead the public, some have executed comprehensive campaigns of misinformation on behalf of industry clients on issues ranging from tobacco and asbestos to seat belts.

Lately, these fringe players have turned their efforts to creating confusion about climate change. This PR campaign could not be accomplished without the compliance of media as well as the assent and participation of leaders in government and business.

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