Financial markets have been turbulent as of late with no end in sight. A sagging global economy could overwhelm America’s recovery efforts with toxic effects on key climate change and clean energy initiatives now underway. The Federal Reserve’s recent decision to postpone an interest rate hike is but one reflection of their deep global concern. In a world of multiple, … [Read more...]
This old trick used by climate science deniers still works
Public relations firms are expensive, but for big corporations doing bad stuff to the public, PR is a good investment. For more than half a century, PR guys have been smart in shielding their corporate clients from harm, earning their fees many times over by helping keep profits high for corporate poisoners and corporate polluters. Take cigarettes, for example. In the … [Read more...]
Popular holistic health site veers into climate science denial
I've been sharing stories from NaturalNews.com for easily the last year or more. But I will never do so again after having read editor Mike Adams's bat-shit crazy screed against climate change. Normally I would've just "unliked" his Facebook page, which boasts 830K+ fans (and I did), and just left it at that. But the depth of Adams's prevarication on climate calls for much … [Read more...]
Study finds shift to ‘dark money’ in climate denial effort
The largest, most-consistent money fueling the climate denial movement are a number of well-funded conservative foundations built with so-called "dark money," or concealed donations, according to an analysis released Friday afternoon. The study, by Drexel University environmental sociologist Robert Brulle, is the first academic effort to probe the organizational … [Read more...]
Typhoons, climate talks and denial
It’s a good day to write about climate science and climate denial. A typhoon of historically unprecedented strength hit the Philippines last weekend, with reports of 2,000 to 2,500 dead. Homes and lives are devastated, corpses hang from trees and litter the rubble of houses and buildings. At the UN Climate Talks being held in Warsaw this week, the lead negotiator from the … [Read more...]