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 …
The Paris Agreement is a severely inadequate response to the climate crisis the world now faces, writes Pete Dolack, full of vague aspirations and devoid of hard, enforceable commitments. But the impending US withdrawal is still bad news for us all - including the Trump-supporting Koch brothers, set to gain billions from their Alberta tarsands holdings. Short-term profits are a poor exchange for a less livable world, even for those making the money.
… There is a long history of energy company denial of global warming, a well-funded … good for you and so is a warming planet Such denialism is alive and well. A leading global warming denialist lobbying outfit, the Heartland …
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 …
London is pressing ahead with a £2 billion climate-trashing tunnel project just as UK prepares to host COP26 international climate negotiations.
… soaring past the 1.5 degree level. Denial 6. Because climate science and … the GLA have resorted to a form of climate denial to justify the project. Just as Tory … transport systems – takes longer than the denial of coronavirus science to work its way …
Canada's 'Anti-Terrorism Bill' proposes a massive increase in the power of security services, writes Pete Dolack - and in the crosshairs are campaigners against a tar sands industry that's intent on releasing 240 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, and those fighting the pipelines needed to get the heavy crude to market. Who are the real 'extremists'?
… to 'the weather is just fine' Global-warming denialism is well-funded, with oil and gas … smoking and cancer. Another global-warming denial outfit, The George C. Marshall …
Boosters of 'free trade' agreements - like the Trans Pacific Partnership that's being signed today - like to make big promises, writes Pete Dolack: trillions of dollars of economic gains, billions of dollars of investment, millions of new jobs. But there's only one certainty, and it's one they never mention: the permanent redistribution of power and income from working people to capital.
… later began specializing in global-warming denial, receiving $676,500 from Exxon Mobil …
Moving away from fossil fuels will require transforming our technological, social, and economic systems, rather than focussing on individual consumption.
… insidious and reactionary as climate science denial is - just look at the White House in …
Progressives must begin organizing now, writes Pete Dolack, before Trump takes office and command of the world's most deadly security apparatus. We must demonstrate strong resolve against the right-wing authoritarian rule to come, as a Trump White House will unleash repression on a scale not seen in decades.
… of nuclear-weapons proliferation and outright denial of global warming, it is no stretch to …