One of the world's biggest energy companies has been caught out in what may be the biggest ever climate scandal, writes Bill McKibben. Way back in the 1980s ExxonMobil knew of the 'potentially catastrophic' and 'irreversible' effects of increasing fossil fuel consumption, but chose to cover up the findings, spread misinformation on climate change, and go for high carbon energy sources.
… Exxon knew about climate change, boosted denialism, misled shareholders, went carbon … It funded think tanks that spread climate denial. The results of all that work were … It funded think tanks that spread climate denial and even recruited lobbying talent from …
Deniers feel that the impacts of climate breakdown don’t matter, but the solutions pose an imminent threat, new research shows.
… Moving past climate denial Alex Morss | 20th May 2019 News Climate Denial Climate Breakdown Katharine Hayhoe … interesting social research on climate change denial, and how rejecting the problem of …
Climate breakdown represents an opportunity for ecofascists around the world. The rise of nationalism in India shows how this is playing out today.
… shame must go to the oil companies who backed denialism for decades. They found willing … shift their positions away from out-and-out denialism. Far-right parties are less … has been far from universal. Nevertheless, denialism is no longer the only major force on …
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, has been inconsistent at best about climate change. Now the country has massive nuclear expansion plans, which he claims is a solution. The apparent desire to appease energy companies and the violent oppression of nuclear opponents are a cause for serious concern. KUMAR SUNDARAM investigates
… India, climate change and nuclear power: the denials, delusions and deceptions of Modi … Modi’s policy on climate change. His brazen denial of climate change , during a …
Review of The New Climate War: the fight to take back our planet, by Michael E. Mann.
… Climate Breakdown Climate Science Climate Denial Movement … Professor Michael Mann writes. Outright denial of the physical evidence of climate … "So they have shifted to a softer form of denialism while keeping the oil flowing and …
Challenging climate delayers and the charge of hypocrisy.
… March 2023 | Comment Climate Change Climate Denial Activism George Monbiot Climate … action to maintain a position of outright denial. Some do, but in a context where, as … of climate breakdown. But the politics of denial and delay have never relied upon …
Labour government 'would make Britain the first major country in the world to set and achieve the target of zero-carbon power by 2030'.
… accused him of spreading “dangerous climate denial”. A Labour government would make … call it what it is: this is dangerous climate denial. He added: “If you want an energy … call it what it is: this is dangerous climate denial. …
A review of The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the Far Right.
… may seek “more drastic solutions”. Power Denialism may be fading as both the science … the weather become ever more alarming, but denialism will not be the far right’s last … develop not only through doubling down on denialism, but also in situations where …
Theresa May, the prime minister, is 'empty chaired' as she fails to meet with climate uber activist Greta Thunberg.
… has become inescapable that we have to act. Denial "The time to act is now, the challenge … Trump to steer him away from climate change denial. But the schoolgirl said there was …
The facts of climate breakdown are scientifically established - so don't get lost in BBC Radio Four's latest Moral Maze.
… mark. An artful ruse Buerk’s style of climate denial may be genteel yet it is no less … scientific findings, float climate-denialist canards and stir up doubt, then … Tilting at windfarms Buerk’s partner in denial, Melanie Phillips, projects a rather …
The 2011 Fukushima catastrophe is an ongoing disaster whose end only gets more remote as time passes. The government is desperate to get evacuees back into their homes for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but the problems on the ground, and in the breached reactor vessels, are only getting more serious and costly, as unbelievable volumes of radiation contaminate land, air and ocean.
… relations campaign of disinformation and denial is under way, to brainwash the Japanese … is now under control and OK. Systematic denial of the radiation risks for the people's …
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s book Breathe – a guide to winning support for action on climate change.
… Khan’s chapter headings: good old-fashioned denial. Khan argues that the era of climate denial is over, and that the people who … night. Covid saw a renaissance in the denial of established scientific reality, with …
Historical Materialism 2019 focusses on disaster communism, extinction capitalism, and how to survive tomorrow.
… authoritarian reaction are characteristically denialist about this catastrophe, from Trump’s … for human emancipation and survival? Beyond denialism, how do we avert the potential for … poor, and eco-fascism. - Popular militancy, denial, apathy, anger and ‘melancholia’ in the …
We who are active in social movements should try harder to work together with climate scientists.
… designed to combat climate science denial. But the uncertainties were mentioned … melting. (I also wrote about this here .) Denial Jane Rumble, a scientist who works at …
Apple is moving to 100% renewable energy, worldwide, writes Robert Hunziker. But even better is CEO Tim Cook's fierce put-down to fossil-fuelled, climate skeptic shareholders: 'if you don't like it, sell!' Suddenly the politics of climate change in the US shifted ...
… or not, Tim Cook is taking on the climate denial crowd in the boldest possible fashion, … #1 Cook's stance against the global warming denial crowd and embracing of renewable energy … (whether he meant it that way, or not) to the denial crowd should help to temper their …
Professor Michael Mann explains the communications science behind the Netflix blockbuster Don't Look Up!
… 2022 | News Climate Breakdown Climate Science Denial Editor’s Picks … it comes to ideologically-motivated science denial. Blunt Now the story. It starts when …
War on Iraq is about a lot more than boosting oil companies’ profits. It’s the latest battle in the ongoing war over who gets to control the earth’s remaining energy reserves. By Lutz C Kleveman.
… enter a crucial stage. However vehement the denials by the Bush administration, …
ExxonMobil, the notorious US oil giant at the top of environmentalists' 'most wanted' list, has said it may stop funding controversial think-tanks which produce research claiming that climate change is not happening.
… Climate Change Global Warming Climate Change Denial Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate …
A wholesale corruption of science underlies the UK Government's insistence that gas from fracking offers a 'low carbon', low cost route to energy abundance, writes Paul Mobbs. On the contrary: it's expensive, over-hyped - and just as bad for climate change as coal.
… 'dodgy dossier' [1] - a straightforward denial of the uncertainties and the likely …
Lord Lawson is today the main voice of climate denial in Britain - and 30 years ago he was personally responsible for the British state losing control over our reserves of fossil fuels. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… Lawson is today the main voice of climate denial in Britain - and 30 years ago he was …