{"id":4435,"date":"2005-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/4435\/declaration-of-dr-david-legat\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T17:35:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:35:37","slug":"declaration-of-dr-david-legat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/declaration-of-dr-david-legat\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaration of Dr. David Legates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>Dr Legates&#8217; rebuttal to Dr. MacCracken&#8217;s declaration. Legates is a known climate skeptic who has been associated with several right wing institutions paid by ExxonMobil. 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