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TalkTV presenter Andre Walker in 2017. Credit: Aimee Valinski / Alamy
uk/‘CO2 is Life’: TalkTV Presenter Andre Walker Hosts YouTube Show That Spreads Climate Science Denial
By Adam Barnett
on
A number of hosts on Murdoch-owned TalkTV have expressed opinions about climate change that ‘you would hear on Fox News’, experts say.
A coal-fired power plant in Wyoming. Credit: Greg Gobble (CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
us/Polluters Rely on Old Rhetoric to Block Clean Energy Future
By Rebecca John
on
For 60 years, corporate polluters and their political allies have sought to slow and derail anti-pollution laws, often using the exact same arguments and wording. Today’s pushback against EPA proposals to cut CO2 emissions from power plants is no exception.
Code on a computer monitor.
us/ChatGPT and Other Generative AI Could Foster Science Denial and Misunderstanding – Here’s How You Can Be on Alert
By Gale Sinatra and Barbara K. Hofer, The Conversation
on
Generative AIs may make up information they serve you, meaning they may potentially spread science misinformation. Here's how to check the accuracy of what you read in an AI-enhanced media landscape.
Credit: Pixabay
‘Eco-Fraud’: Influential Motorcycle Lobby Group Promotes Climate Science Denial
By Adam Barnett
on
With prominent allies in Parliament, the Motorcycle Action Group has been attempting to cast doubt on the evidence for human-caused climate change.
Conservative peer Lord Frost sat alongside former Prime Minister Liz Truss. Credit: Andrew Parsons / 10 Downing Street, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
uk/A Guide to the Anti-Net Zero Forces in Westminster Politics
By Phoebe Cooke and Adam Barnett
on
The key individuals and organisations that have seized on anti-ULEZ sentiments to launch an attack on the government’s green policies.
Credit: PA Images / Alamy
uk/Tory London Mayor Candidate Backed Fracking and Promoted Climate Science Denial
By Adam Barnett
on
Susan Hall’s views on climate change are “extremely concerning”, critics say.
Business Council of BC president and CEO Laura Jones
Former Climate Change Denier Now Leading BC's Top Business Lobby Group
By Geoff Dembicki
on
Laura Jones once called climate change an ‘untested proposition.’ In her new role she’ll have the ear of BC’s premier.
Climate Innovation Forum 2023 website showing event details, sponsors/partners, and London Climate Action Week.
PR Agency Catering to Oil Interests Led UK Climate Forum’s Communications
By Brendan DeMelle
on
Weber Shandwick also hosted a roundtable on “authentic” climate communication.
Conservative MP and former Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg. Credit: Simon Dawson / 10 Downing Street, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
High-Profile Allies of Anti-Net Zero Parliamentary Group Revealed in Telegraph Letter
By Adam Barnett and Sam Bright
on
Former Conservative ministers and high-ranking MPs among those who have backed Net Zero Scrutiny Group’s new attack on green policy
Kathryn Porter on GB News with Nigel Farage in August 2022. Credit: Facebook
Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme
By Adam Barnett
on
The energy consultant Kathryn Porter had previously claimed in her blog that “climate models overstate global warming” and called the UN’s IPCC “unscientific”.

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uk/‘CO2 is Life’: TalkTV Presenter Andre Walker Hosts YouTube Show That Spreads Climate Science Denial
ByAdam Barnett
on
A number of hosts on Murdoch-owned TalkTV have expressed opinions about climate change that ‘you would hear on Fox News’, experts say.
TalkTV presenter Andre Walker in 2017. Credit: Aimee Valinski / Alamy
us/Polluters Rely on Old Rhetoric to Block Clean Energy Future
ByRebecca John
on
For 60 years, corporate polluters and their political allies have sought to slow and derail anti-pollution laws, often using the exact same arguments and wording. Today’s pushback against EPA proposals to cut CO2 emissions from power plants is no exception.
Series: History Lessons: Polluter Influence
A coal-fired power plant in Wyoming. Credit: Greg Gobble (CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
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us/ChatGPT and Other Generative AI Could Foster Science Denial and Misunderstanding – Here’s How You Can Be on Alert
ByGale Sinatra and Barbara K. Hofer, The Conversation
on
Generative AIs may make up information they serve you, meaning they may potentially spread science misinformation. Here's how to check the accuracy of what you read in an AI-enhanced media landscape.
Code on a computer monitor.
‘Eco-Fraud’: Influential Motorcycle Lobby Group Promotes Climate Science Denial
ByAdam Barnett
on
With prominent allies in Parliament, the Motorcycle Action Group has been attempting to cast doubt on the evidence for human-caused climate change.
Credit: Pixabay
uk/A Guide to the Anti-Net Zero Forces in Westminster Politics
ByPhoebe Cooke and Adam Barnett
on
The key individuals and organisations that have seized on anti-ULEZ sentiments to launch an attack on the government’s green policies.
Conservative peer Lord Frost sat alongside former Prime Minister Liz Truss. Credit: Andrew Parsons / 10 Downing Street, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
uk/Tory London Mayor Candidate Backed Fracking and Promoted Climate Science Denial
ByAdam Barnett
on
Susan Hall’s views on climate change are “extremely concerning”, critics say.
Credit: PA Images / Alamy
Former Climate Change Denier Now Leading BC's Top Business Lobby Group
ByGeoff Dembicki
on
Laura Jones once called climate change an ‘untested proposition.’ In her new role she’ll have the ear of BC’s premier.
Business Council of BC president and CEO Laura Jones
PR Agency Catering to Oil Interests Led UK Climate Forum’s Communications
ByBrendan DeMelle
on
Weber Shandwick also hosted a roundtable on “authentic” climate communication.
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
Climate Innovation Forum 2023 website showing event details, sponsors/partners, and London Climate Action Week.
High-Profile Allies of Anti-Net Zero Parliamentary Group Revealed in Telegraph Letter
ByAdam Barnett and Sam Bright
on
Former Conservative ministers and high-ranking MPs among those who have backed Net Zero Scrutiny Group’s new attack on green policy
Conservative MP and former Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg. Credit: Simon Dawson / 10 Downing Street, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme
ByAdam Barnett
on
The energy consultant Kathryn Porter had previously claimed in her blog that “climate models overstate global warming” and called the UN’s IPCC “unscientific”.
Kathryn Porter on GB News with Nigel Farage in August 2022. Credit: Facebook