climate denial
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Trump Officials Publish Climate Denial Flyers, White House Disavows Them
Like a well-oiled machine, the Trump administration is focusing on what really matters in this time of democratic crisis and pandemic: publishing climate denial “flyers” from the Office of Science and Technology Policy, including two authored by Trump hires, and then disavowing those papers and saying it “does not have intention to formalise” them. In…
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Facebook Ads Are Giving Climate Deniers a Lifeline
Facebook is no stranger to climate misinformation. Just last month, the platform became a key player in spreading flat-out hoaxes surrounding the wildfires raging across the West Coast to an audience of tens of thousands, taking them down only after public outrage. And last year when activists pointed out that climate misinformation seemed to be…
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Facebook Launches ‘Climate Science Information Centre’ To Distract Us From Real Solutions
Facebook’s plan to combat climate misinformation running rampant on its site is here. It is a… “climate science information centre” of facts, figures, and news stories about the climate crisis that obscures the systematic changes needed to address climate change while peddling tips that mirror Big Oil talking points. The whole thing is a giant…
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Climate Lawsuits Are Coming for Koch Industries
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Wednesday that he’s suing ExxonMobil, Koch Industries, and the American Petroleum Institute because the three firms deceived customers about the climate crisis. This is the first lawsuit of its kind to name API and Koch Industries, and it takes a novel approach by suing them solely for the…