Democratization of Knowledge and Epistemological Insecurities within the American and Dutch Climate Skeptic Milieu

There is an excess of literature on climate skepticism, yet all of which fail to address the individual views of climate skeptics and how they utilize information to establish their own climate change narratives. By taking a qualitative approach which examines these narratives, support was found for the notion that climate skeptics are facing their own epistemological insecurities and growing distrust in the Information Age. Participant’s statements supported the notion the internet acts as a tool to the democratization of knowledge and truth in uncovering inconsistencies in the great climate debate.