Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study ^28.8%

ProPublica - By Maddie Stone, Amy Westervelt, Katie Worth - 6/25/2026, 9:55 AM

Negativity Bias 15.6% - Appeal to Authority 9.6% - Biased Writer Voice 9%

It is rare that a single scientific paper shapes how people think about a challenge as daunting as climate change. But one, known as “Wedges,” published 22 years ago by researchers at Princeton University, told an irresistible story. It made solving climate change seem possible, even simple. It claimed that the world didn’t have to wait... more