Channel 4 in the U.K. published a startling expose on ExxonMobil’s lobbyists who revealed the top most important U.S. Senators who are the ones behind any legislation that might hurt the oil industry. While many oil companies are diversifying with natural gas, it appears ExxonMobil is going all-in battling to keep “big oil” alive and well.... Continue Reading →
Researchers are testing games and other ways to help people recognize climate change denial Over the last four decades, a highly organized, well-funded campaign powered by the fossil fuel industry has sought to discredit the science that links global climate change to human emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. These disinformation efforts have... Continue Reading →
Climate change disinformation is evolving. So are efforts to fight back
Greenpeace has tricked a lobbyist at ExxonMobil into sharing secrets about the oil company’s efforts to fight climate initiatives in Washington. The lobbyist, Keith McCoy, spoke candidly about his work, thinking he was speaking to a corporate headhunter. Keith McCoy: “Did we aggressively fight against some of the science? Yes. Did we hide our science?... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil Lobbyist Tricked into Disclosing How Firm Fights Climate Initiatives
Climate Denialism Organizations
Here are some anti-science, paid entities and/or willfully ignorant individuals, companies or organizations are very sneaky and there are also a number of individuals, groups and organizations (not all listed here) that their sole purpose is to mislead, generate confusion, unsubstantiated information and anything that either halts or slows down the growth of both Climate... Continue Reading →
Oil Industry’s Public Climate Denial Campaign Dates Back to at Least 1980, Nearly a Decade Earlier Than Previously Thought The American Petroleum Institute (API), the leading oil and gas industry trade group, publicly pushed misleading information on climate change as early as 1980 – much earlier than previously thought – according to newly discovered archival documents.... Continue Reading →
Oil Industry’s Public Climate Denial Campaign Dates Back to at Least 1980
Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science Director, Earth System Science Center Biographical Sketch: Dr. Michael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State, with joint appointments in the Department of Geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI). He is also director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center (ESSC). Dr. Mann received his undergraduate degrees in... Continue Reading →
Book: The New Climate War
Last month, I co-published an article with the newsletter Popular Information exposing six corporations that “talk green but spend dirty.” Like so many articles we’ve written before, the piece showed how corporate America markets itself as a friend to the climate while directly funding climate deniers. Our reporting didn’t change anything. The one company that responded —... Continue Reading →
Canceling election deniers isn’t enough…
Michael Mann is no stranger to the war against climate science. A climatologist at Pennsylvania State University who is currently studying the impact of climate change on extreme weather events, Mann is best known for the “hockey stick graph,” which he and his colleagues published in a 1998 scientific paper. The data visualization—featured prominently in... Continue Reading →
Climate Deniers Shift Tactics to ‘Inactivism’
some suggested readings…
I thought I might (if it is OK with you readers) share some suggested readings or more over what I deemed to be the top Climate Change Books and crucial reads, especially the two on the Green New Deal (offsite), if I might. They are as follows: 1. No One Is Too Small to Make... Continue Reading →
‘[…], The spread of climate denial on Facebook’
An article linking climate change to Earth’s solar orbit went viral last year, racking up 4.2million views on social media and widely shared on Facebook. It was the most-engaged with climate story in 2019, according to Brandwatch. There was just one problem. It wasn’t true. Facebook removed the article from Natural News, a far-right conspiracy... Continue Reading →
Why Climate Change Denial Still Exists In The U.S.
(CNBC - YouTube Link-Back Share) Despite overwhelming scientific evidence, some American politicians continue to deny that climate change exists, while others question the severity of its impact. But public opinion is shifting, and today even oil and gas companies publicly admit that climate change demands action. So why does climate denialism continue to influence U.S.... Continue Reading →
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