Posts Tagged ‘denialism’
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Jon Huntsman slams Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann on climate change and gas prices
A few days ago I wrote about Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, the three front-runners in the Republican primary, and just where they stand politically when it comes to our climate and environment. As one can imagine their …
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Polish EU budget chief questions global warming and climate targets
Janusz Lewandowsk, the Polish budget commissioner and chief architect of the EU’s forthcoming €130 multi-annual budget, is receiving strong criticism after expressing his doubts about global warming and the future emission policies of the EU. In an interview with a …
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Watch: I’m A Climate Scientist
Hopefully you haven’t missed this funny and really well done song featuring real climate scientists. With lyrics such as: "We gotta move fast or we’ll be forsaken, Cause we were too busy suckin dick Copenhagen" …and: "The Green house effect …
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“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 …
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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 …
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“Al Gore Must Come Out With a Sequel to His Film and Call It An Inconvenient Truth 2: What the F*ck Is Wrong With You People?”
In one of his recent New Rules segment Bill Maher said that Al Gore should "come out with a sequel to his movie about climate change and call it, An Inconvenient Truth 2: What the Fuck Is Wrong with You …
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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 …
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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% …
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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, …
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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 …

