Until fairly recently, it appeared that civil rights in the United States were making solid progress. But now, there is an entrenched population of white nationalism, all led by the president of the United States. All this hatred and ignorance …
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Astrology and Its Role in Our World
In a way, we could say that astrology was the precursor to all the anti-science conspiracy theories of today, including climate denial, anti-vax, and the flat Earth. That wouldn’t be a problem if these people couldn’t vote, but sadly, this …
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People Rushing Towards Career Suicide
From a friend: Um, is anyone else old enough to remember, like, 10 years ago when Lara Logan actually was a respected correspondent for CBS News and “60 Minutes”??? Newsmax may harbor a great number of QAnon beliefs, like the …
Fossil Fuel Companies Have a Hot New PR Message
The marketing and PR tactics of Big Oil have changed over the past few years, at least according to the author of the article linked above. For one, no more climate denial. The world is now living with the effects …
Climate Denial
What you’re saying here is not incorrect, but keep in mind that the reason this works is that we live in a land inhabited by some seriously ignorant people. Climate denial is a team effort, where “success” requires both components.
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“Global Warming” and “Climate Change”
Someone sent me the meme here and wrote: “A GOP strategist rebranded global warming as “climate change” because it sounds far, far less dangerous, problematic, severe, worrisome. The usual network of right-wing think tanks and media outlets immediately — as …
Climate Denial Requires a Sketchy Belief System
This may sound absurd to you and me, but keep in mind that it’s essentially what climate deniers are claiming. Most of these climate scientists are university professors, which, in my experience, tend not to be conspiratorial criminals.
The Rise of Climate Denial
Reader Jay asks for my response here: I’m curious on your take on what seems like an increase in anti climate change events like the one you reference in your post (“Are Environmental Protectors “Alarmists?”). That video has probably a …
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Why Are Republicans the Only Climate-Science-Denying Party in the World? Maybe It’s Simple Supply and Demand.
From this article written in 2015: On Tuesday, Jeb Bush proposed to eliminate the Obama administration’s regulation of carbon pollution, and, in keeping with his self-styled goal of “growth at all cost,” proposes to make any further climate regulation essentially impossible.
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This Year in Climate: 2019
My colleague, aeroponics expert Rafael Quezada, writes about the meme here, “In 2019, for the most part, the picture was bleak; but for all the overwhelmingly bad news, there were also some really powerful and momentous moments of action and …
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