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As noted in David Michael’s '''Doubt Is Their Product''', those opposing government regulation often deliberately cast certainty as the standard for regulatory action, even though science is not about certainty but having replicable research results and establishing consensus, while simultaneously manufacturing doubt and uncertainty to dismiss scientific research and write off corporate regulations as unnecessary.<ref>Chris Mooney,[http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_manufacture_of_uncertainty "Review of David Michael’s Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health"] The American Prospect, March 28, 2008</ref>
SW: →"Climategate": removing unrelated rant on opponents of government regulation
Those who oppose action on global warming, such as [[Glenn Beck]] at [[Fox News]], have called the incident '''Climategate''' and argue that it disproves global warming.<ref>Noel Sheppard,[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/11/23/glenn-beck-skewers-scientists-involved-climategate "Glenn Beck Skewers Scientists Involved In ClimateGate"] Newsbusters, November 23, 2009</ref> Former vice presidential candidate [[Sarah Palin]] called for independent investigations into the e-mails, a delay in U.S. [[Environmental Protection Agency]] regulation of greenhouse gases, and outright boycotts of the Copenhagen international climate talks.<ref name="ap"/>
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