Is Organised Climate Science Denial Criminally Negligent?

The importance of clearly communicating science to the public should not be underestimated.
 Accurately understanding our natural environment and sharing that information can be a matter of life or death.

When it comes to global warming, much of the public remains in denial about a set of facts that the majority of scientists clearly agree on.  With such high stakes, an organised campaign funding misinformation ought to be considered criminally negligent.

Is Organised Climate Science Denial Criminally Negligent?