Sentences with phrase «change denying conservatives»

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When this new alliance - the European Conservatives and Reformists - was created after the 2009 Euro - election with «a bunch of homophobes, anti-Semites and climate - change deniers» (as Nick Clegg later described them in a TV leaders debate) I objected and was expelled from the Conservative Party.

The formation of the new fringe ECR group in 2010, memorably described by Nick Clegg as «a bunch of homophobes, anti-Semites and climate - change deniers,» isolated the Conservatives and dealt a major blow to Britain's influence in Europe.

Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long says denying legislative candidates endorsements because of their vote for same - sex marriage hasn't changed.

He also faced criticism from the Information Commissioner for being «evasive» over the tax status of Lord Ashcroft, the Conservatives» deputy chairman, and for announcing that Lord Stern would be the party's adviser on climate change, which Lord Stern denied.

Priebus and pugnacious chief presidential strategist Steve Bannon took their strained buddy routine to the Conservative Political Action Conference yesterday, reminiscing about Trump's election victory, promising revolutionary change in Washington, denying their ongoing West Wing power struggle and — naturally — bashing the news media.

I am a Democrat, as well as a Liberal, and I believe that Conservative attempts to change parliamentary boundaries in their favour and change the voting registration to deny many people the vote could have resulted in permanent Conservative government for this country.

I am also confident that any attempt to compile the political associations of prominent, self - proclaimed climate change deniers would find that they are overwhelmingly associated with conservative and not liberal political groups.

I am not claiming that the following is the main reason, why conservatives deny climate change, but it certainly plays into it:

«From the Right, fringes of the Conservative party and Ukip are parroting the arguments of the most discredited climate change deniers, seizing on any anomaly in the climate data to attempt to discredit the whole,» he said.

The decision not to adopt the commitment «made no sense to me», as it was «plain wrong» in principle and denied Labour a potentially game - changing line of attack against David Cameron's Conservatives, he said.

Cameron's creation of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)-- an association of the Tory MEPS with «homophobes, anti-Semites and climate - change deniers», as Nick Clegg described it during one of the 2010 TV leaders» debates — was initially considered a triumph by Cameron.

Resolution in Opposition to a Carbon Tax: Despite support for a carbon tax from ALEC members like ExxonMobil, ALEC is creating a model bill to weigh in on what will become the keystone policy battle for climate change science deniers, a battle that is already creating a rift among conservative groups, like the Koch - funded Heritage Foundation and the Heartland Institute against the R Street Institute.

Already, deep fissures are emerging between, on one side, a base of ideological voters and lawmakers with strong ties to powerful tea - party groups and super PACs funded by the fossil - fuel industry who see climate change as a false threat concocted by liberals to justify greater government control; and on the other side, a quiet group of moderates, younger voters, and leading conservative intellectuals who fear that if Republicans continue to dismiss or deny climate change, the party will become irrelevant.

-- One maker of Science programs for schools NCSE announces that they are making a new climate change program — 5 weeks later a story pop up over multiple green websites using a loaded title «Anti-science» which reveals another conservative organisation has a secret agenda to flood US schools with «climate denier» material.

Marohasy works for the Institute of Public Affairs which, if you want to talk about tentacles, is firmly attached to the body of conservative «free market» groups around the world that deny the risks of human - caused climate change.

So you can imagine my shock — yes, shock — that climate change deniers and conservative media outlets that serve as mouthpieces for them, would seek to convince their readers of just that.

Among the rogues gallery of leading climate change deniers are (from left to right, top to bottom): Congressman Joe Barton (R - TX), fossil fuel shill Steve Milloy, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, self - styled «Skeptical Environmentalist» Bjorn Lomborg, scientist - turned - denier - for - hire Fred Singer, the inimitable Sarah Palin, conservative funders Charles and David Koch (aka the Koch Brothers), and «swift - boat» architect Marc Morano.

According to DeSmog research, Mont Pelerin members have ties to a wide range of conservative think tanks, many which have consistently denied the human influence on climate change.

Stop denying the basic science of climate change, and instead embrace it as the conservative issue that it is.

Oklahoma Republican Inhofe has been denying the science behind climate change for 20 years — long before it became a cause for the conservative tea party wing.

Seemingly in lock - step with the prevailing views of the conservative government in Australia, that man will be Nick Minchin — a rusted - on denier of the science of human - caused climate change and power broker in the country's Liberal (that's conservative) Party.

Though the science of climate change is clear, certain American conservatives deny the validity of the science and describe its conclusions as a political scam, a confusion of science and politics which could prove very dangerous... No American would deny the science of ballistics, but some deny climate science.

ClimateDepot.com is the website of Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow employee Marc Morano, a conservative global warming denier who previously served as environmental communications director for a vocal political denier of climate change, Republican Sen. James Inhofe.

«Conservatives Don't Hate Climate Change, They Hate the Proposed Solutions» not sure I would call myself a «conservative» but I am a «denier,» therefore I must a «conservative» according to the authors of this «study,» I «deny» science because I find the implications «scary» no they only thing I find scary is trash «research» like this however, photos of Mitch McConnell are scary even when they have no relevance to the subject Really, the mindlessness of this kind of stuff is disturbing

Between 2002 and 2013, Donors Capital Fund (DCF) distributed some $ 170 million to conservative causes, many of which deny the science and impacts of human - caused climate change or the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Between 2004 and 2013, Donors Trust (DT) distributed some $ 80 million to conservative causes, many of which deny the science and impacts of human - caused climate change or the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

It's clear that a cabal of climate change deniers, worried tourism operators, and a conservative government have tried to whitewash the environmental disaster unfolding over the Great Barrier Reef.

While climate change deniers often challenge the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, most scientists consider the panel conservchange deniers often challenge the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, most scientists consider the panel conservChange, most scientists consider the panel conservative.

The evidence strongly suggests those most likely to deny anthropogenic climate change are conservative males in countries that rely heavily on fossil fuels.

From the article:... On Sunday, Post reporters Tom Hamburger, Joby Warrick and I reported that the conservative - leaning American Legislative Exchange Council is stressing that (in our words) it «does not deny climate change» and has been «overhauling their organization to be more transparent and more welcoming to divergent views.»

That «KILL» headline has been gleefully snapped up by hordes of conservative, business - oriented, pro-tarsands and pro-Keystone climate change sceptics and deniers here in Canada, most of whom know nothing about you or your work or the work of thousands of your fellow scientists who have contributed to IPCC reports.

The dismissal of scientific findings as a hoax also has a political element; a 2011 study found conservative white males in the US were far more likely than other Americans to deny climate change [6].

Now, it's not like Fox is some lone bad actor nefariously seeking to push an anti-climate change agenda — there are numerous interests that benefit from climate confusion, the richest and most powerful of whom also support climate - denying conservative political candidates and sponsor the think tanks that Fox draws much of its ideological substance from.

One of the ironies in the public «debate» — I use scare quotes since what is transpiring is not a true debate, but rather a competition between an organized disinformation campaign to deny the reality of climate change, and a counter effort to provide a more realistic picture — is that the IPCC is constantly accused of «alarmism,» and is consciously, intentionally, and consistently conservative in their claims.