Posts Tagged ‘climate deniers’

• The Norwegian terrorist is a climate denier

  As you know. This past Friday in Norway Anders Behring Breivik, a conservative, islamophobic and Christian terrorist, detonated a car bomb outside the office of the country’s Prime Minister and other government buildings in Oslo. Less than two hours later …

• “This may be the only political issue whose results could be catastrophic permanently”

  Here is a quick quote from Tom Toles, a pulitzer prize-winning political cartoonist at the Washington Post, about the ongoing “climate debate”: “We are apparently going to let the debate on the science run until hell freezes over. If you …

• The mass media and our environment

  What kind of role does our mass media play in how we perceive and react to environmental problems around us? Who are currently the owners of our mainstream media? And how does corporations use it to their own benefits? The …

• Gordon Brown calls climate change deniers “flat-earthers”

  Recently Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spoke out against climate change deniers labeling them as anti-science “flat-earthers” who are spreading outdated information: “Mr Brown last night insisted that the science on climate change in settled, and …

• Ice, snow, so where’s the global warming?

  Photo credit: laszlo-photo As winter weather hits us again, many people confuse the current weather (cold) with the long-term direction of the climate (warmer). Just because it is cold outside right now doesn’t mean that global warming isn’t real. Global …

• Climate experts are downplaying the science to avoid despair and inaction

  Photo credit: azrainman Global warming is exaggerated and is just hyped by climate scientists. It’s not a big deal. That is what you might think if you listen to the mainstream media and its misinformation, or if you believe in …

• Evangelical Christians in USA help spread climate denial and confusion

  A survey released this week by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life shows that only 47% of people in the USA believes there is evidence of man-made climate change. Although a majority “believes” in climate change, over 20% …

• FedEx, GM, Microsoft, Toyota, Visa, and WalMart funds climate denialism

  According to Climate Progress well-known companies such as Comcast, FedEx, GM, Honda, Microsoft, TimeWarner, Toyota, Visa, VW, and WalMart is helping to fuel global warming denialism by funding the Cato Institute. “Comcast, FedEx, GM, Honda, Microsoft, TimeWarner, Toyota (!), Visa, …

• George Monbiot’s royal flush of climate deniers

  George Monbiot, Europe’s leading green commentator, has listed his royal flush of climate change deniers. These are the people “who have done most for the denialist cause” and they include deniers (or should I say climate change creationists?) like David …

• Climate Change Creationists

  James Randerson, currently Guardian’s environment website editor and formerly Guardian science correspondent and deputy news editor with New Scientist magazine, says that the phrase “climate change deniers” makes more harm than good as it links the climate deniers with Holocaust …