Great Oreskes Lecture Updates State of Climate Change Denial

onFeb 8, 2008 @ 10:48 PST

Polls show that between one-third and one-half of Americans still believe that there is “no solid” evidence of global warming, or that if warming is happening it can be attributed to natural variability. Others believe that scientists are still debating the point. Scientist and renowned historian Naomi Oreskes describes her investigation into the reasons for such widespread mistrust and misunderstanding of scientific consensus and probes the history of organized campaigns designed to create public doubt and confusion about science.

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uk/Revealed: Prince William’s Climate Prize Hired PR Firm Tied to Brazilian Fossil Fuel Industry

ByTJ Jordan

onNov 3, 2025 @ 12:59 PST

The agency — LLYC Brasil — promoted the upcoming Earthshot Prize ceremony in Rio de Janeiro while under contract to oil giant Petrobras.

Fique de Olho Nestes 8 Termos de Greenwashing do Agro na COP30

ByRachel Sherrington and Hazel Healy

onNov 3, 2025 @ 07:59 PST

Empresas de alimentos e do agronegócio vão se apresentar como solução para a crise climática na cúpula no Brasil — embora os alimentos sejam responsáveis por um terço do aquecimento global.

us/‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South

ByGeoff Dembicki

onNov 3, 2025 @ 02:00 PST

With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.