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This chapter presents a view of climate change from the perspective of green cultural criminology. The substantive focus of the chapter is on how climate change contrarianism is manifested in the mass media. Denial is profoundly ideological in nature; how it is conveyed and transmitted is of importance to those who wish to reorient collective thinking to not only recognizing the urgency and seriousness of the problem but also recasting it in criminal terms. As this chapter demonstrates, it is vital to understand and expose the dynamics and social construction of deception and “contrary” opinion if positive action is to be taken to address climate change issues.

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Brisman, A. (2012). The Cultural Silence of Climate Change Contrarianism. In: White, R. (eds) Climate Change from a Criminological Perspective. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3640-9_4

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