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Oil refinery. Credit Iguanasan (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Oil Industry ‘Net-Zero’ Pledges are an Attempt to Delay Climate Action, New Paper Warns
By Nick Cunningham
on
Fossil fuel companies, experts say, “cannot be relied upon to decarbonize at the speed and scale needed” to tackle rising global emissions.
Credit: Roger Harris CC BY 3.0
uk/'Lukewarmist' Peer Set for Role Scrutinising Government Climate Policy
By Rachel Sherrington
on
Lord Peter Lilley has been proposed as a member of a new parliamentary environmental committee.
Nudging Social Media Users to Think Critically Helps Slow the Spread of Fake News, Study Finds
By Nick Cunningham
on
A new study published in the journal Nature shows how social media allows for fake news to spread rapidly — and offers tips on how to slow it down.
Daily Express Removes Climate Denial Article That 'Fails to Reflect Our Direction of Travel'
By Caitlin Tilley
on
After launching a new green campaign, the newspaper is turning its attention to editorial policy on climate change content.
Climate Deniers Backed Violence and Spread Pro-Insurrection Messages Before, During, and After January 6
By Sharon Kelly
on
On the evening of January 6, 2021, the day of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former coal mining executive Don Blankenship, who ran against Donald Trump as a third-party candidate in the 2020...
us/Alberta Inquiry Steps into a Past Era's Dark Denial
By David Suzuki
on
That anyone today could deny the overwhelming and incontrovertible evidence for human-caused climate disruption is shocking. You don't even need a science background to see its worsening effects oc...
us/Scenes from a Locked-Down Washington D.C. as Biden Takes the Reins
By Julie Dermansky
on
A few hours before President Joe Biden was inaugurated, I talked to a supporter of President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. who was on her way to celebrate Trump’s inauguration at The Ellipse, a f...
Oil Industry’s Public Climate Denial Campaign Dates Back to at Least 1980, Nearly a Decade Earlier Than Previously Thought
By Nick Cunningham
on
The American Petroleum Institute (API), the leading oil and gas industry trade group, publicly pushed misleading information on climate change as early as 1980 – much earlier than previously though...
us/In Louisiana Where Science Denial is Commonplace, Support Remains Strong For Trump
By Julie Dermansky
on
“The president has not conceded — the president said he has got us,” I heard a voice blare out over a loudspeaker as I walked toward the Louisiana State Capitol building in Baton Rouge at a “Stop t...
us/Climate Deniers Moved Rapidly to Spread Misinformation During and After Attack on US Capitol
By Sharon Kelly
on
Prominent climate science deniers moved rapidly to spread false and misleading conspiracy theories online during and after the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters this week. Some climat...

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Oil Industry ‘Net-Zero’ Pledges are an Attempt to Delay Climate Action, New Paper Warns
ByNick Cunningham
on
Fossil fuel companies, experts say, “cannot be relied upon to decarbonize at the speed and scale needed” to tackle rising global emissions.
Oil refinery. Credit Iguanasan (CC BY-NC 2.0)
uk/'Lukewarmist' Peer Set for Role Scrutinising Government Climate Policy
ByRachel Sherrington
on
Lord Peter Lilley has been proposed as a member of a new parliamentary environmental committee.
Credit: Roger Harris CC BY 3.0
Nudging Social Media Users to Think Critically Helps Slow the Spread of Fake News, Study Finds
ByNick Cunningham
on
A new study published in the journal Nature shows how social media allows for fake news to spread rapidly — and offers tips on how to slow it down.
Daily Express Removes Climate Denial Article That 'Fails to Reflect Our Direction of Travel'
ByCaitlin Tilley
on
After launching a new green campaign, the newspaper is turning its attention to editorial policy on climate change content.
Climate Deniers Backed Violence and Spread Pro-Insurrection Messages Before, During, and After January 6
BySharon Kelly
on
On the evening of January 6, 2021, the day of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former coal mining executive Don Blankenship, who ran against Donald Trump as a third-party candidate in the 2020...
Opinion
us/Alberta Inquiry Steps into a Past Era's Dark Denial
ByDavid Suzuki
on
That anyone today could deny the overwhelming and incontrovertible evidence for human-caused climate disruption is shocking. You don't even need a science background to see its worsening effects oc...
us/Scenes from a Locked-Down Washington D.C. as Biden Takes the Reins
ByJulie Dermansky
on
A few hours before President Joe Biden was inaugurated, I talked to a supporter of President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. who was on her way to celebrate Trump’s inauguration at The Ellipse, a f...
Oil Industry’s Public Climate Denial Campaign Dates Back to at Least 1980, Nearly a Decade Earlier Than Previously Thought
ByNick Cunningham
on
The American Petroleum Institute (API), the leading oil and gas industry trade group, publicly pushed misleading information on climate change as early as 1980 – much earlier than previously though...
us/In Louisiana Where Science Denial is Commonplace, Support Remains Strong For Trump
ByJulie Dermansky
on
“The president has not conceded — the president said he has got us,” I heard a voice blare out over a loudspeaker as I walked toward the Louisiana State Capitol building in Baton Rouge at a “Stop t...
us/Climate Deniers Moved Rapidly to Spread Misinformation During and After Attack on US Capitol
BySharon Kelly
on
Prominent climate science deniers moved rapidly to spread false and misleading conspiracy theories online during and after the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters this week. Some climat...