Tag: Climate deniers
How broadcast networks covered climate change in 2016
The networks failed to devote significant coverage to climate-related policies, but they still found the time to uncritically air climate denial.
Koch-connected dark money funds much more than climate denial
It's time to unravel the network of science deniers who claim the mantle of science and expose them for what they are.
Trump names industry lobbyist and climate science denier Mike Catanzaro as...
“This is likely to be the most influential domestic energy policy position within the White House [and] will comfort industry and conservatives who view him as a champion for free-market energy and environment policy.”
As Trump names Exxon CEO Tillerson secretary of state, waterkeeper alliance...
“Now is the time to push back against this era of misinformation and move toward climate leadership built on truth and a respect for science.”
Inside Exxon’s great climate cover-up: From early climate change researcher to...
Exxon knew that fossil fuels cause global warming as early as the 1970s but hid that information from the public.
Donald Trump’s swamp: Meet ten potential energy and climate cabinet picks...
Nearly everyone who remains on Trump's likely climate and energy list, or is helping pick those positions, has ties to corporate lobbying, corporate leadership, or corporate-funded think tanks.
The Doubt Machine: documentary explores Koch Brothers’ war on climate science
The Doubt Machine definitely adds some useful personal context and also draws the clear connections from the denial-sphere to the Koch brothers.
Dealing with Climate Change Deniers
“Whatever the source of an individual’s climate denial, the question is how those of us who aren’t experts can engage in constructive dialogue with deniers.”
An Epidemic of CNE Syndrome Strikes Our State Governments
A disease called "Climaticus Non-vocalism Extremism" plagues a small segment of our population—Republican political officials and candidates. So what should we do about this "dangerous mind-numbing disease?"
Climate Deniers, Like Big Tobacco, Thrive Behind a Smoke Screen of...
Just like the tobacco industry, the fossil-fuel industry is denying the science of climate change and working full speed to derail any progress by marketing its primary product: doubt.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.