2 0 1 2 ▁announ cing ▁its ▁decision ▁on ▁use ▁of ▁terms ▁when ▁discuss ing ▁climate ▁change ▁den ial , ▁the ▁National ▁Center ▁for ▁Science ▁Education ▁highlight ed ▁N org a ard ' s ▁concept ▁of ▁implicit ▁den ial ▁as ▁discussed ▁in ▁her ▁book , ▁which ▁they ▁said ▁was ▁getting ▁increasing ▁interest ▁from ▁academ ics ▁investig ating ▁climate ▁change ▁controvers y . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 8 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁N org a ard ▁co - cha ired ▁a ▁session ▁of ▁the ▁" Plan et ▁Under ▁Press ure ▁Conference " ▁in ▁London , ▁which ▁a ▁paper ▁she ▁had ▁co - author ed ▁with ▁Robert ▁Br ulle ▁and ▁Rand olph ▁Hal u za - De L ay . ▁Two ▁days ▁in ▁advance , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Oregon ▁issued ▁a ▁press ▁release ▁which ▁opened ▁by ▁describing ▁their ▁message ▁as ▁" Res istance ▁at ▁individual ▁and ▁soci etal ▁levels ▁must ▁be ▁recognized ▁before ▁real ▁action ▁can ▁be ▁taken ▁to ▁effectively ▁address ▁thre ats ▁facing ▁the ▁planet ▁from ▁human - ca used ▁contributions ▁to ▁climate ▁change ." ▁Her ▁work ▁suggests ▁a ▁need ▁to ▁recogn ise ▁climate ▁den ial ▁and ▁address ▁it ▁with ▁dialog ue . ▁She ▁returned ▁from ▁the ▁conference ▁to ▁find ▁that ▁R ush ▁Lim b augh ▁had ▁target ed ▁the ▁opening ▁paragraph ▁of ▁the ▁press ▁release ▁on ▁his ▁show , ▁and ▁at ▁his ▁ur ging ▁several ▁hundred ▁individuals ▁had ▁sent ▁her ▁ac rim on ious ▁emails . ▁Time ▁magazine ▁described ▁this ▁as ▁bul lying , ▁compar able ▁to ▁the ▁ver bal ▁ab