When scientists politicize science: making sense of controversy over The Skeptical Environmentalist

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The importance of social drivers in the resilient provision of ecosystem services (2011, background): “Politicians are not the only actors that can politicize science, as scientists can also use science to defend and pursue their own political interests (Pielke, 2004).”
Framing, Motivated Reasoning, and Opinions about Emergent Technologies (2011, background): “Facts themselves are contestable (e.g., Katz & Strange, 1998; Shapiro & Block-Elkon, 2008), as is made clear by the growing literature on how perceptions of scientific studies depend on economic and political pressures (Jotterand, 2006; Pielke, 2004).”