Science Denial

By Amy Westervelt, Drilled News. Originally published by Drilled News. For a long time, the story went that the tobacco industry cooked up disinformation and then spread it to the fossil fuel guys...
Commentators known to spread disinformation on climate change are using the COVID-19 pandemic to downplay the threat of environmental crises and undermine action, DeSmog analysis hasย found. The Wo...
On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019, which causes the disease COVID-19,ย was officially a โ€œpublic health emergency of intern...
Byย Chris Impey, University ofย Arizona Science gets a lot of respect these days. Unfortunately, itโ€™s also getting a lot of competition from misinformation. Seven in 10 Americans think the benefits ...
Hawaii has officially joined the fight to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the climate crisis. On Monday the City of Honolulu filed a lawsuit against 10 oil and gas companies, seeking mon...
The Conservative Party has received nearly ยฃ1.5 million of donations from polluting interests and funders of climate science denial in the past three months, DeSmog analysisย shows. The gifts, publ...
A major New York Times investigative report, published March 2, revealed efforts by Indur M. Goklany, a Department ofย Interior employee with ties to the Heartland Institute and other fossil-funded ...
Opponents of a regional proposal to curb transportation sector emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are using a number of deceptive tactics to attack and criticize the Transportation and Cli...
In its latest end of year accounts, theย Global Warming Policy Foundationย (GWPF), the UKโ€™s most prominent climate science denial group, has reported that its total income has increased by around ยฃ75...

All Articles

onApr 20, 2020 @ 10:26 PDT

By Amy Westervelt, Drilled News. Originally published by Drilled News. For a long time, the story went that the tobacco industry cooked up disinformation and then spread it to the fossil fuel guys...
onApr 1, 2020 @ 22:01 PDT

Commentators known to spread disinformation on climate change are using the COVID-19 pandemic to downplay the threat of environmental crises and undermine action, DeSmog analysis hasย found. The Wo...
onMar 16, 2020 @ 15:25 PDT

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019, which causes the disease COVID-19,ย was officially a โ€œpublic health emergency of intern...
onMar 14, 2020 @ 04:00 PDT

Byย Chris Impey, University ofย Arizona Science gets a lot of respect these days. Unfortunately, itโ€™s also getting a lot of competition from misinformation. Seven in 10 Americans think the benefits ...
onMar 9, 2020 @ 18:22 PDT

Hawaii has officially joined the fight to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the climate crisis. On Monday the City of Honolulu filed a lawsuit against 10 oil and gas companies, seeking mon...
Analysis
onMar 4, 2020 @ 16:01 PST

The Conservative Party has received nearly ยฃ1.5 million of donations from polluting interests and funders of climate science denial in the past three months, DeSmog analysisย shows. The gifts, publ...
onMar 4, 2020 @ 14:45 PST

A major New York Times investigative report, published March 2, revealed efforts by Indur M. Goklany, a Department ofย Interior employee with ties to the Heartland Institute and other fossil-funded ...
onMar 3, 2020 @ 13:03 PST

Opponents of a regional proposal to curb transportation sector emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are using a number of deceptive tactics to attack and criticize the Transportation and Cli...
onMar 2, 2020 @ 06:47 PST

In its latest end of year accounts, theย Global Warming Policy Foundationย (GWPF), the UKโ€™s most prominent climate science denial group, has reported that its total income has increased by around ยฃ75...