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Delayism, deflection and doomerism are some of the tactics that have replaced outright denial of climate change, says high-profile climate scientist Michael Mann. Carbon polluters delay action — either by suggesting that there’s still time or that the planet is already past the point of no return — or try to place responsibility on the individual, Mann explains. “Ironically, that framing helps the fossil fuel industry even more because it plays to this notion on the right that climate action is about controlling people’s lifestyles.”