It doesn't directly try to deny it, no, but it undermines the politics based on outright falsehoods spun with half-truths, then begs the question of how we can

It doesn't directly try to deny it, no, but it undermines the politics based on outright falsehoods spun with half-truths, then begs the question of how we can trust the science given political failures. That is at best a slimy tactic, and is one that the denialist movement has exploited again and again. So yes, I did read the article, and I stand by what I said.