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On March 6, 2015, Fred Singer sent a letter to Robert Kenner, the director of the documentary film, "Merchants of Doubt," threatening potential legal action against the film, which is based on a book by the same name, according to Stanton Glantz of the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control, Research and Education.<ref>http://tobacco.ucsf.edu/climate-denier-fred-singer-complains-about-merchants-doubt (March 8, 2015)</ref>
The film and the book focus on the small number of climate change deniers who have sought in various ways to stop efforts to address the causes of climate changes that are underway according to the overwhelming majority of scientists across the globe. In the letter, Singer noted that he previously sued Justin Lancaster for libel in a "costly" suit (which was settled by Lancaster, who recently stated that settling with Singer is one of his greatest regrets. <ref?>http://rabett.blogspot.fi/2014/09/a-note-about-roger-revelle-julian.html</ref>
According to a detailed story in ClimateWire by Evan Lehman:
*[[Judith Curry]], Georgia Institute of Tech., Climate Forecast Applications Network
*[[Roy Spencer]], University of Alabama
*[[Joe Bastardi]], Weatherbell"A Side of Climate Change Denial with Your Coffee? ALEC Dishes up Some Hard to Swallow Spin with the Heartland Institute" (Bastardi has told [[ALECexposed|ALEC]] lawmakers that the earth is actually cooling: see Lisa Graves, PRwatch.org, <ref>http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12207/side-climate-change-denial-your-coffee-alec-dishes-some-hard-swallow-spin-heartla</ref>
*[[Roger Pielke, Sr.]], University of Colorado
*[[Timothy Ball]], Friends of Science (see also DeSmogBlog<ref>http://www.desmogblog.com/timothy-f-ball-tim-ball</ref>)
