External Publications - Reckoning Science

External Publications

Imported Science: How Compromised American Science Underwrites New Zealand's Regulation

In this piece for The Conversation NZ, I show how bad science (manufactured mostly in the US) penetrates regulation worldwide, and how small countries without their own research capacity become dependent on it. New Zealand's approval of Roundup rests on three Monsanto-shaped reviews we've written

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EPA throws out science in favor of anti-regulatory ideology

In her latest opinion piece for The BMJ (British Medical Journal), Naomi Oreskes examines the US Environmental Protection Agency's recent actions on climate science and glyphosate. These moves, she argues, are not really about science — they are about dismantling the regulatory state. The administration repealed the greenhouse gas

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Private money cannot replace public funding of science

In a recent Science essay, Naomi Oreskes argues that private philanthropy and corporate investment cannot replace sustained federal funding for research. Drawing on U.S. history, she shows how public support built the long-term research infrastructure that serves a wide range of national needs, from national defense to environmental