On Monday and Tuesday this week, climate change denial is facing intense scrutiny as U.S. Senators take to the floor to speak out against the network of industry-funded climate denial organizations purposefully deceiving lawmakers and the general public about climate science and stalling action to tackle this critical issue.
On social media, the #WebOfDenial event captured the attention of the Twitterverse, quickly becoming a trending term on the social network. Throughout the event, DeSmog is capturing some of the top Twitter highlights for you.
TWEETS FROM TUESDAY – DAY TWO OF #TIMETOCALLOUT #WEBOFDENIAL
I don’t always watch CSPAN at night, but when I do its for #WebOfDenial https://t.co/6Z9mhyF5l2
— Kyla Mandel (@kylamandel) July 12, 2016
Worth noting, the presumptive GOP nominee is a climate change denier #WebOfDenial #NeverTrump https://t.co/Dq8L6x2nbi
— walter tillman (@walt_tillman) July 12, 2016
.@NaomiOreskes and how that #webofdenial stretched out to Australia https://t.co/PSQBvpBGOr
— Graham Readfearn (@readfearn) July 12, 2016
“It’s not just a #climate thing, it’s an integrity thing.” – Sen @BrianSchatz on fighting the #WebOfDenial. pic.twitter.com/XkaG8rwhXb
— ClimateTruth (@ClimateTruthOrg) July 12, 2016
Heading to the floor to join other @SenateDems in addressing the clear and present danger of #climatechange. #WebOfDenial
— Senator Jack Reed (@SenJackReed) July 12, 2016
good explanation of links between climate change #WebOfDenial & efforts to privatize public lands by @MartinHeinrich, who knows both well
— Joe Smyth (@joesmyth) July 12, 2016
Proud to stand w/ my Senate colleagues in calling for an end to #climatechage denial #WebOfDenial #ActOnClimate https://t.co/iOtOr0e6Yb
— Mike Quigley (@RepMikeQuigley) July 12, 2016
CEI also backed by coal $$ – $90k from Murray Energy & $100k from Massey Energy in 2009. #WebOfDenial https://t.co/pez68WlCDE
— Nick Surgey (@NickSurgey) July 12, 2016
.@SenatorShaheen calls out @ceidotorg’s denying tobacco and #climate science. Even @exxonmobil dropped them in 07. #exxonknew #WebOfDenial
— cindy baxter (@cindybax) July 12, 2016
Thank you @SenWhitehouse for leading @SenateDems to #ActonClimate & call out the GOP-backing #WebofDenial. Our work is not done.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) July 12, 2016
Tobacco, lead, carbon: Same industry tactics and even the same actors at times: https://t.co/fea66KmxVb #WebOfDenial https://t.co/HYQIrtgnil
— Gretchen Goldman (@GretchenTG) July 12, 2016
#TimeToCallOut harassment of climate scientists. #WebOfDenial #NotOK https://t.co/2XeoIMlJ0g https://t.co/9imlqykHa3
— Gretchen Goldman (@GretchenTG) July 12, 2016
@SenGaryPeters calls out Cato Institute for role in #WebOfDenial. They have produced over 700,000 words doubting #climatechange.
— DeSmogBlog (@DeSmogBlog) July 12, 2016
.@SenGaryPeters “Koch Brothers pour hundreds of millions” to promote misinformation on climate change. #webofdenial https://t.co/OLazsVh5zD
— Brendan DeMelle (@bdemelle) July 12, 2016
Proud to stand with @SenWhitehouse & @MartinHeinrich & call out #GOP #WebofDenial #ActOnClimate #TimeToCallOut pic.twitter.com/uJTDrVSU2Y
— Rep. Ted Lieu (@RepTedLieu) July 12, 2016
For more than 40 years, @ALEC_states has been backed with major $$ by polluting fossil fuel interests. #WebOfDenial #ALECexposed
— Nick Surgey (@NickSurgey) July 12, 2016
“ALEC fights science in the shadows because it has no facts to bring into the sun” – SEN. Blumenthal #WebOfDenial pic.twitter.com/WiXii0RoUQ
— Evan Leeson (@EvanLeeson) July 12, 2016
In 2016 there have been 8 weather & #climate related disasters that caused at least a billion dollars in damage. #WebOfDenial
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) July 12, 2016
.@SenMarkey: 2015 hottest year on record. So far, this year is on track to break that record. 2016 been as hot as #PokemonGO. #WebOfDenial
— Sally King (@SallysKingdom) July 12, 2016
Sen. @EdMarkey says “climate change is a security threat to the United States” #webofdenial. More info: https://t.co/Xh663THMTw
— Brendan DeMelle (@bdemelle) July 12, 2016
#WebOfDenial now #trending on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/fn3ckmVTHs
— Kevin Grandia (@kgrandia) July 12, 2016
#WebOfDenial now #trending on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/fn3ckmVTHs
— Kevin Grandia (@kgrandia) July 12, 2016
This memo for @AGSchneiderman, from the Junkman. Who were his clients then? #WebOfDenial https://t.co/wZtrIY39a9
— Polluter Watch (@PolluterWatch) July 12, 2016
But their obstruction & climate denial tactics are as bogus as a degree from Trump University. #WebOfDenial
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) July 12, 2016
It is our moral obligation to stop the harm & #ActOnClimate. #WebOfDenial pic.twitter.com/xxzHpAhsag
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) July 12, 2016
The fossil fuel industry gets $7.5 BILLION in tax subsidies per YEAR. These are permanent pieces of the tax code. #WebOfDenial
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) July 12, 2016
Research shows 95% of Franklin Center’s revenue came from Donors Trust – the right wing’s “dark money ATM,” says @SenWhitehouse #WebOfDenial
— DeSmogBlog (@DeSmogBlog) July 13, 2016
.@SenWhitehouse calls out the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity for its role in the #WebOfDenial on #climatechange
— Environmental Action (@EnviroAction) July 13, 2016
“By rising to the challenge of climate change, we will innovate, and create new jobs and industries” @AlFranken in #webofdenial debate.
— Matthew Rimmer (@DrRimmer) July 13, 2016
.@SenWhitehouse calls out Art Pope for his role in climate denial #webofdenial. Here’s more info on Pope: https://t.co/EzsVuPeK1C
— Brendan DeMelle (@bdemelle) July 13, 2016
@jlakely so you’re the comm’s director for Heartland. Did you approve this billboard? #webofdenial pic.twitter.com/z6KvRCE0tT
— Kevin Grandia (@kgrandia) July 13, 2016
A while back, we took a look at role of @ExxonMobil & #Koch funding in the #webofdenial https://t.co/B011YDTw7G pic.twitter.com/oX9jArPyVJ
— David Anderson (@UCSEnergy) July 13, 2016
@Heritage Who are the top 10 funders of your work on climate? Feeling a bit threatened by #WebOfDenial, are we?
— Alex Doukas (@adoukas) July 13, 2016
Good to see @SenWhitehouse and other U.S. Senators unraveling the fossil fuel industry’s #webofdenial and climate deceit. #ExxonKnew
— 350 dot org (@350) July 13, 2016
Meet the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy: https://t.co/c8y9NNg7ea
Another #WebOfDenial strand highlighted by @SenWhitehouse.
— DeSmogBlog (@DeSmogBlog) July 13, 2016
Senators Launch Resolution, Speech Blitz Calling Out #WebOfDenial Blocking Climate Action https://t.co/Afrc3wdYrx
— Greg Laden (@gregladen) July 13, 2016
Public won’t be fooled by a #WebOfDenial. #ClimateChange is real & demands real action. Congress must #ActOnClimate. pic.twitter.com/NnXvE357N8
— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) July 13, 2016
Big Oil & Coal keep blocking climate action while the earth slowly chokes on its own filth @SenWarren https://t.co/ATX6Ku6FFI #WebOfDenial
— Matthew Rimmer (@DrRimmer) July 13, 2016
We need to shed light on the dark money feeding the #WebofDenial on climate change.https://t.co/EOt1ZEAzyn
— Senator Brian Schatz (@SenBrianSchatz) July 13, 2016
This was my favorite line by @SenWhitehouse during #TimeToCallOut #WebOfDenial. pic.twitter.com/DG0v8BLB0m
— Connor Gibson (@ClimateConnor) July 13, 2016
connecting ppl w/their #climatechange experience:meteorologists need to cite cause of #extremeweather #WebOfDenial https://t.co/EWf8ENkAuB
— Millie Dee (@MillieDScience) July 13, 2016
How do you #ActOnClimate when the @Koch_Industries VP founded you? Childishly. #WebOfDenial #TimeToCallOut @AFPhq https://t.co/WdstKK6OlS
— Connor Gibson (@ClimateConnor) July 13, 2016
US senators detail a climate science ‘web of denial’ but the impacts go well beyond their borders https://t.co/1C7E3xKxjH #WebOfDenial #USA
— Nicola Karen Reiss (@NicReiss) July 13, 2016
97% of #climate scientists oppose @HeartlandInst lawyers’ persistent denial: https://t.co/hbaOB0fWzY #WebOfDenial https://t.co/ssiy09NG4s
— Connor Gibson (@ClimateConnor) July 13, 2016
TWEETS FROM MONDAY – DAY ONE OF #TIMETOCALLOUT #WEBOFDENIAL
Today at 4:30, we’ll be on the floor to call out Koch- and fossil fuel-funded groups that have created #webofdenial to block climate action
— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) July 11, 2016
2013 study showed most of the other biggest contributors to the anti-climate science movement were associated w/Koch Bros. #WebOfDenial
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) July 11, 2016
Climate change is real, it’s happening in Virginia and we can and must rise to the challenge of addressing it #WebOfDenial #TimeToCallOut
— Senator Tim Kaine (@timkaine) July 11, 2016
Exxon Is Still Giving Lots Of Money To Groups That Deny Climate Change #webofdenial https://t.co/tceLGT20X2
— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) July 11, 2016
.@SenWhitehouse @SenateDems are right. #TimeToCallOut groups part of #WebOfDenial blocking #climatechange action pic.twitter.com/B2Vb7aSlbO
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) July 11, 2016
The Kochs don’t care that climate change is happening. They don’t care it is making wildfires and droughts more intense. #WebOfDenial
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) July 11, 2016
Koch brothers, Exxon & special interests have weaved a #WebOfDenial & misinformation when it comes to #climatechange https://t.co/RPMaCwvIQc
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) July 11, 2016
Thx to @SenWhitehouse for leading efforts to expose anti-science #WebOfDenial & spurring Congress to #ActOnClimate. https://t.co/apteiS0AWS
— Senator Jack Reed (@SenJackReed) July 11, 2016
We should be focused on using the best science available to #ActOnClimateNow – speaking now with @SenWhitehouse, @SenateDems #WebOfDenial
— Senator Chris Coons (@ChrisCoons) July 11, 2016
Most Americans believe it’s real, but the GOP‘s #webofdenial blocked action on #climatechange. It’s #TimeToCallOut pic.twitter.com/5bYRWKTTll
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) July 11, 2016
ExxonMobil has pumped millions into the #WebOfDenial. https://t.co/hF4G6Aryo5 pic.twitter.com/PnMcdHA4OF
— CAP Action (@CAPAction) July 11, 2016
2013 study showed most of the other biggest contributors to the anti-climate science movement were associated w/Koch Bros. #WebOfDenial
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) July 11, 2016
.@SenWhitehouse is a hero, straight up https://t.co/2V2sFLVG84
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) July 12, 2016
Exposed: The #Fossilfuel Industry’s #WebOfDenial https://t.co/5NTp571eOC
— David Anderson (@UCSEnergy) July 12, 2016
And even 95% of Earth’s ice masses are in on the conspiracy! Damn them ice crystals! #WebOfDenial pic.twitter.com/SGe01zOQUw
— David Rice (@Desertphile) July 12, 2016
.@SenWhitehouse says climate change denial is a “filthy thing in our democracy.” #webofdenial
— Kevin Grandia (@kgrandia) July 11, 2016
ExxonMobil used the tobacco playbook on how to sow doubt about climate change says .@SenWhitehouse on #webofdenial.
— Kevin Grandia (@kgrandia) July 11, 2016
.@WSJopinion promotes climate denial even more than CEO of @ExxonMobil, says @SenWhitehouse…! #TimeToCallOut #WebOfDenial
— Connor Gibson (@ClimateConnor) July 11, 2016
.@SenWhitehouse + @ProPublica map of #Koch #DarkMoney funnels https://t.co/8pZl954J5f #TimeToCallOut #WebOfDenial pic.twitter.com/vKjYqB8Emh
— Connor Gibson (@ClimateConnor) July 11, 2016
@SenWhithouse cites research showing the #WebOfDenial is a network used to create “ideological polarization” about climate change.
— DeSmogBlog (@DeSmogBlog) July 11, 2016
@SenJeffMerkley says we must take back government from special interests and return it to people. #WebOfDenial
— DeSmogBlog (@DeSmogBlog) July 11, 2016
@SenJeffMerkley: Donors Trust fast becoming prominent vehicle in climate denial. Drexel study shows it’s funding close to 25%. #WebOfDenial
— DeSmogBlog (@DeSmogBlog) July 11, 2016
Since then, bankruptcy has forced Big Coal to disclose “gifts” to the #webofdenial https://t.co/cxwOo7NqkV https://t.co/y1rje1NO6p
— David Anderson (@UCSEnergy) July 11, 2016
Oregon’s @SenJeffMerkley on the #webofdenial “powerful money interests have spun a web of deceit…” watch live now: https://t.co/mm0yHeLpgO
— EnergyBoom (@EnergyBoom) July 11, 2016
Those with interests in preserving the status quo prey upon our susceptibility to denial. #grayrhino #WebOfDenial pic.twitter.com/ph6Et3UiOn
— Michele Wucker (@wucker) July 11, 2016
Speeches in support of the Senate Web of Denial resolution to call out the destructive forces of fossil fuel industry-funded climate denial continue this afternoon. You can watch the speeches live on C-SPAN 2 (if you live outside of the U.S., here is the international link).
We’ll be live blogging and tweeting the event. So, stay tuned.
