Climate Change Denial

Taki Oldham | How To Divide And Conquer The Free Market Climate Change Denial MovementWhat is clear is that for climate change activists to have any chance of getting timely mitigation policies in place, they must curb the impact of free market think tanks. It is these groups who create the ‘echo chamber’ of seemingly independent experts who appear on TV, testify before Congress and pump out the overwhelming majority of climate change denial...  

Many of the climate change denialist sites have been up in arms by comparisons of climate change denial to holocaust denial. In particular Marc Morano at climate depot has had multiple articles attacking and expressing hysterical outrage at these comparisons. We know they don't like the comparison, but the question is, is it apt? Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... Also check out the featured ScienceBlog of...  

Speaking to the seventh annual “International Conference on Climate Change” (ICCC) in Chicago on Wednesday, Heartland Institute CEO Joseph Bast revealed that “under 300″ people attended this year, then begged those attendees for ...  

“Changing the Moral Climate on Climate Change” Five Penn Staters Confront Climate Change Denial | Voices of Central PaOn April 30th at 7 pm in room 101 Thomas Building at Penn State’s University Park, a group of esteemed Penn State faculty and one graduate student/lecturer will confront the climate change denial machine. Over the last few years, we have been discouraged by the successful [sic] of “the merchants of doubt,” a well-organized and...  

The Green Scissors Campaign, an initiative to reduce anti-environmental ... While Heartland has taken its billboard down, it has not apologized for the ad campaign, and the language is still featured on its website. In a statement issued Friday ...  

It's here in this piece: "The term 'climate change denier' is obviously objectionable because of the word 'denier.' That word is carried over from the phrase 'Holocaust denial' and is meant to smear global warming skeptics by associating us with ...  

In our aspirations for international leadership and credibility ... This undermined the cultural assumptions of advanced capitalism – its unbreakable pathway to wealth creation and material comfort. Late last year I had a lengthy chat on this subject ...  

General Motors has pulled its funding of the Heartland Institute, after an aggressive campaign targeted the company’s financial contributions. Forecast the Facts, an advocacy group focused on increasing awareness of climate change, targeted GM after ...  

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Climate change, irrigation threaten Murray-Darling basin with disasterGreen Left WeeklyWhile average inflows decline due to climate change, extractions for irrigation remain at environmentally damaging levels. But the plan for management of the basin's water resources drawn up by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA), ...and more »  

Climate Change is Leading to Rapid Boiler Innovation According to Boiler GuideMarketWatch (press release)LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, May 18, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Changes to the world's climate and the ongoing activity surrounding climate change has had a significant impact upon boiler innovation according to Boiler Guide, the UK's leading online ...and more »  

Australian Project Simulates Runaway Climate ChangeOPB NewsBy Oliver Milman, The Guardian An Australian university has embarked upon an ambitious project — hailed as the first of its kind in the world — to simulate how the environment would cope with runaway climate change. The decade-long study, ...and more »  

ABC NewsExperts: Climate Change Makes Big Wildfires InevitableArizona Public MediaHe says the Wallow Fire was an example of what happens when global climate change meets forests choked with trees. "These factors then conspire to set up a very explosive situation, so it's really a crisis," Covington said. Small meandering fires are a ...Arizona Wildfires 2012: Blaze Near Historic Mining Town Nearly Triples In Size ...Huffington Postall 1,667...  

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