Ariadne · @ariadne
1065 followers · 820 posts · Server climatejustice.social

" brothers fuel media with millions of dollars - Farris and Dan Wilks’ deep pockets fund denialism education, conservative politicians and pro- projects

Two billionaire Texas brothers whose fortunes derive from oil and gas fracking have pumped millions of dollars into rightwing media outfits that have promoted climate-crisis denialism and sent more big checks to back an array of evangelical projects and conservative Texas politicians.

The fracking billionaires Farris and Dan Wilks have each doled out millions of dollars through separate foundations over the last decade to a number of high-profile conservative and religious groups including the Heritage Foundation, Family Research Council and Focus on the Family.

“Thanks to their incredible wealth and largesse, the country as well as the [Republican] party are now feeling the effects of their aggressive brand of religiously-charged political activism,” said Darren Dochuk, a history professor at the University of Notre Dame and author of Anointed with Oil."

theguardian.com/us-news/2023/s

#texas #fracking #billionaire #rightwing #climate #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #FarRight #extremism #us #uspolitics #fascism #ClimateDenial #climatedenialism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #KlimaKrise #Klima #politik

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DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
1352 followers · 17902 posts · Server kolektiva.social

"As early as the 1970s, ’s scientists predicted that the firm’s products could lead to with “dramatic effects before the year #2050.” Yet, as has been well documented, Exxon officials responded by investing company funds in casting doubt on climate change research, even financing think tanks focused on . Had they instead broadcast their scientists’ findings and worked to speed the transition to alternative fuels, the world would be in a far less precarious position today."

#exxon #fossilfuel #globalwarming #environmental #climatedenialism #exxonknew #exxonlied

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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
160 followers · 2652 posts · Server sfba.social
Ariadne · @ariadne
986 followers · 659 posts · Server climatejustice.social

all too familiar 😩
"Far-right outsider takes shock lead in Argentinian primary elections - Javier Milei, an admirer of Donald Trump, thinks the climate crisis is a lie and wants sale of human organs to be legalised

"The far-right populist Javier Milei rocked Argentina’s political establishment on Sunday by emerging as the leader in primary elections to choose presidential candidates for the October general election.

Milei, an admirer of the former US president Donald Trump, says Argentina’s central bank should be abolished, thinks the climate crisis is a lie, characterises sex education as a ploy to destroy the family, believes the sale of human organs should be legal and wants to make it easier to own handguns.

Votes were still being counted late on Sunday but analysts agreed that the upstart candidate, who gained notoriety – and a rockstar-like following – by angrily ranting against the “political caste”, did much better than expected and is a real contender for the presidency.

With about 92% of polling locations reporting, Milei had about 30% of the total vote, according to official results. The candidates in the main opposition coalition, United for Change, were at 28% and the current governing coalition, Union for the Homeland, had 27%."

theguardian.com/world/2023/aug

#trump #argentina #politics #FarRight #fascism #LatinAmerica #southamerica #ClimateDenial #climatedenialism #populism

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Willow 🏳️‍⚧️ · @whangdoodler
542 followers · 6343 posts · Server piipitin.fi

The nazi-joke-goverment has started to undermine the work Sanna Marin and her government made for climate action on municipal level. Opposition parties and municipal officials are baffled by this, as the savings achieved are minimal and the law had only put into operation and was really popular.

#climateemegency #nazijokegovernment #politics #politicsfi #finland #ClimateDelay #climatedenialism #climateaction #defunded

Last updated 1 year ago

Andii אַנדִֽי · @Andii
299 followers · 3943 posts · Server mas.to

"Dismissal often manifests as ridicule or erasure of the climate crisis in discussions about extreme weather. This happens not because individual journalists fail to make the link, but because they know their newspaper’s ‘party line’."
bylinesupplement.com/p/a-hot-m

#climatedenialism #climatecrisis

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OccuWorld · @OccuWorld
111 followers · 884 posts · Server kolektiva.social

ChatGPT gets it right on climate denialism

nationalobserver.com/2023/07/1

“Climate denialism is dangerous because it can impede progress towards addressing the climate crisis, which is one of the most urgent and pressing issues facing our planet today.”…

“Some may have ideological, political or economic motivations to oppose action on climate change. For instance, some corporations and industries that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions may fear regulations or financial costs associated with reducing emissions.”

ChatGPT reveals an impressive “understanding” of the climate denialism movement, writes commentator Gerald Kutney.

#ai #climatedenialism #dangerous #crisis #economicmotivations #corporations #astroturf

Last updated 1 year ago

"It's worth noting that Canada's like former Dragon and orphan oil well creator have (at least for now) skipped over the part where are to blame for wildfires as American congresswoman claims but make no mistake: this is the quality and calibre of the new in 2023."

Podcast: podcastics.com/episode/243873/

#neodenialists #wbrettwilson #jewishspacelasers #marjorietaylorgreene #climatedenialism #abpoli #cdnpoli #climateemergency #climatechange #wildfire

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Bentley · @Bentley
312 followers · 1505 posts · Server canada.masto.host

I suppose we should be grateful Canada's like
former Dragon and serial oil well orphaner have (at least for now) skipped over the part where are to blame but make no mistake: this is the quality and calibre of the new in 2023.

/4

nymag.com/intelligencer/articl

#neodenialists #wbrettwilson #jewishspacelasers #climatedenialism #climatechange #smoke #wildfires #abpoli #cdnpoli #climatecrisis #climate

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Jay Baker (they/he) · @MediaActivist
574 followers · 1695 posts · Server kolektiva.social
Jani Ruohola · @jruoh
258 followers · 1427 posts · Server mastodon.green

The far right fiercely protecting the economic interests of the rich gain more powerful as the impacts of climate crisis begin to approach catastrophic levels.

Climate denialism together with dehumanization of climate scientists, activists and refugees fuel a cycle of hatred as right-wing governments shut down climate policies and build walls, effectively worsening the global situation.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#ClimateCrisis #farright #extremeright #fascism #climatedenialism

Last updated 1 year ago

Olli Herranen · @olliherranen
10 followers · 19 posts · Server sciences.social

My review of the book 'Climate Obstruction' was published yesterday in Nature Climate Change.

The book brings out how systematically and blatantly various parties, mainly the US fossil fuel industry, have sought to distort the results of and have been spreading this nonsense for decades. It also explains how all this works in practice, from the system level down to individual settings.


nature.com/articles/s41558-023

#climatescience #climatedenialism #climatechange

Last updated 1 year ago

irene · @ireneerre
46 followers · 67 posts · Server mastodon.uno

Climate delay discourses, often in combination with and climate-impact scepticism, are used to erode public and political support for climate policies.
We found 12 discourses that can be grouped by their underlying logic into those that:
- redirect responsibility;
- push non-transformative solutions;
- emphasize the downsides of climate policies;
- surrender to .

Discourses of climate delay, CUP, cambridge.org/core/journals/gl

#climatedenialism #ClimateDelay #climatechange #ippc #ippcreport #fucked

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Sieva 🚴🚇🏙️🌹 · @Anibyl
175 followers · 612 posts · Server mas.to
Bentley · @Bentley
172 followers · 422 posts · Server canada.masto.host

Things can be so damned gloomy and dark it's easy to forget how much has changed in just the last few years alone. Renewables are competing and defeating fossil fuels in an increasing number of arenas and becoming a clear dollars-and-cents winner. That's a one way trip. Classic is functionally dead & more humans come to climate awareness every year. That too is a one way trip.

Feb 28th Zoomcast, 7pm. RSVP: calgaryclimatehub.ca/acoc_5_1_

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#climatedenialism #climatechange #climateoptimism

Last updated 2 years ago

Bentley · @Bentley
160 followers · 372 posts · Server canada.masto.host

Dishonest actors like
MP have moved on from denying outright but now ragefarm/fearmonger/outright lie about solutions like . We're in a . We have no time for utter BS like this.

Learn more about the ongoing devolution of in our next podcast episode coming soon.

Check out our previous show here: podcastics.com/podcast/episode

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#donvalley #nickfletcher #climatechange #15minutecity #globalenergytransition #climatedenialism #theclimatelens #onpoli #cdnpoli

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Bentley · @Bentley
154 followers · 308 posts · Server canada.masto.host

: Morgan's columns should come with a health warning

advocate ’s columns are an example of ‘discourses of delay,’ which argue that we need to fuel our society and change is impossible — thus delaying action on .

timescolonist.com/opinion/trev

#trevorhancock #fossifuel #gwynmorgan #oilandgas #climatechange #climatedenialism

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Mark · @MarkBrigham
174 followers · 465 posts · Server universeodon.com

@ProPublica

Good journalism! Thank you.

It’s interesting to see a lot of fossil fuel companies give relatively high percentages of their campaign contributions to election deniers.

Seems election denial and climate science denial go hand-in-hand.

#electiondeniersaretraitors #electiondenial #climatedenialism #climatedeniers

Last updated 2 years ago

@benjaminhccarr

A lot of us are concerned about the rise of overt nazism on twitter and rightly so.

But this article puts a light on a perhaps more long-term problem as this evil wealthy supervillain wrecks havoc...

#climatedenialism #ClimateChange #climatejustice

Last updated 2 years ago