See our annotated version of the ALEC bill showing how ALEC's language can be used to peddle global
warming denial in schools.
In the climate education battle, there is no central clearinghouse organization... pushing global
warming denial in schools.
Not exact matches
The
denial of evolution and of global
warming and the pushback against stem cell research are the most egregious examples
in recent decades.
«There is a certain ironic satisfaction
in seeing a study funded by the Koch Brothers — the greatest funders of climate change
denial and disinformation on the planet — demonstrate what scientists have known with some degree of confidence for nearly two decades: that the globe is indeed
warming, and that this
warming can only be explained by human - caused increases
in greenhouse gas concentrations,» he wrote.
But there's also an element of
denial, even on the part of the organizations that have been working to address global
warming and sea - level rise
in Florida.
«This would be consistent with the elite cues hypothesis,
in that we would expect political leaders who deny anthropogenic global
warming to claim victory during unseasonably cold periods or amplify their
denial during unseasonably
warm periods that invite challenge to their worldview,» says Bohr.
And the question of how science on the fringe should be dealt with remains open: some observers say that Meldrum, who has been lambasted by colleagues and passed over for promotion twice, should just be left alone to do his thing; others counter that
in this era of creationism, global
warming denial, and widespread antiscience sentiment and scientific illiteracy, it is particularly imperative that bad science be soundly scrutinized and exposed.
Moreover, the EPA
denial flies
in the face of the Supreme Court ruling
in Massachusetts, et al v. EPA (CTA Global
Warming Case) last year that directs the EPA to develop standards for regulating vehicle emissions of greenhouse gases.
I'm always
in denial when I see cute sweaters and jackets that I will actually have a need for them, as if buying
warmer clothes will create colder weather haha.
While summer may be coming to a close (I am
in denial), we still have many
warm days ahead of us.
Indeed, the rehabilitation of our water bodies can not happen with a
denial of science that portrays the toll of global
warming on our oceans due to excessive carbon dioxide emissions and human folly
in overexploitation, unregulated and destructive fishing, marine pollution and habitat destruction.
Spurred by his diagnosis, Nye goes on the road, exploring
denial in surreal conversations with a Florida state legislator who flatly rejects any human contribution to global
warming or coastal risks, and a street sampling of tuned - out citizenry, even
in flood - prone Miami.
The fundamental flaw
in almost all the
denial arguments I've seen is that they start from the premise that global
warming isn't happening therefore the best model is the past.
The country is, however,
in almost complete
denial on the subject of global
warming — not only whether something should be done, but whether humans are involved at all.
Earthjustice (the legal arm of the Sierra Club) has said on their website
in the «Climate Change
Denial — A Note to Journalists» section: «For the latest and best information on global
warming we recommend Realclimate.org a new blog edited by working climate scientists not corporate lobbyists».
Amazing comments by several people who are obviously
in denial about the adverse effects of global
warming.
The folks behind the 22nd episode of «Rap News» then bring
in über conservative Tony Abbot and have him spout some global
warming denial talking points while slipping
in implications of corruption and global
warming — driven bush fires.
In its own bizarre way, then, the rising noise level of climate
denial provides further evidence that global
warming resulting from human CO2 emissions is indeed a fact, however inconvenient it may be.
In part of course, because they neatly symbolize the two opposing camps in the current debate: contrast for example Emanuel's work demonstrating a linkage between increasing hurricane intensity and global warming with Gray's denial of any such lin
In part of course, because they neatly symbolize the two opposing camps
in the current debate: contrast for example Emanuel's work demonstrating a linkage between increasing hurricane intensity and global warming with Gray's denial of any such lin
in the current debate: contrast for example Emanuel's work demonstrating a linkage between increasing hurricane intensity and global
warming with Gray's
denial of any such link.
In terms of non-scientists, I have proposed that there are limits on free speech, and perhaps the public promotion of global warming denial might be classified the same as holocaust denial is in some countrie
In terms of non-scientists, I have proposed that there are limits on free speech, and perhaps the public promotion of global
warming denial might be classified the same as holocaust
denial is
in some countrie
in some countries:
This is encouraging, because the 25 % who do not «believe» that temperatures have risen are plainly
in denial; the evidence for
warming is so strong that just about all the prominent so - called sceptic scientists acknowledge it.
Tactically it would be better to accept the obvious — if SC24 and SC25 are fizzles, the climate models won't be «right» again until whatever solar cycle related cooling is made up for by CO2 related
warming — than to engage
in a different form of
denial.
More on the GOP and Climate Rick Perry: Global
Warming is a Hoax Concoted by Data - Manipulating Scientists Dick Cheney Ushered
in Era of GOP Climate
Denial: NY Times...
Obama's formulation
in the State of the Union speech — the notion that even skeptics should support a climate bill because it was what the economy needed — had been developed by an unlikely source: Frank Luntz, one of the dark princes of Republican messaging, who a decade before had written a founding document of GOP global
warming denial.
Many will argue, to the contrary, that certain flags go up when a public official who plays a critical role
in developing policy on the future of petroleum extraction embraces an ideologically loaded position such as global
warming denial.
Evidence for global
warming over the last 150 years or so is so widespread that it can be denied only by those either unwilling to look or pushing an agenda
in denial of observable facts.
In environmental circles there is a clear and correct recognition of the fact that the planet is
warming at an astounding pace, yet, there is a perplexing
denial of the ongoing climate engineering insanity (which is mathematically the greatest single negative influence on the climate system overall).
Narrator:
In order to protect profits, these industries devised a plan, to reposition global
warming as a theory and not fact and designed what a recent Greenpeace report dubbed the climate change
denial machine.
This has all happened during a time when «no significant
warming in 18 years» has been one of the rallying cries of climate
denial.
These scientists (and, for that matter, anyone with a public profile who has anything critical to say about global
warming) are whores — «industry shills», «corporate toadies», or part of the «well funded
denial machine» — who not only prostitute themselves, but also sell us all out to an apocalypse for dirty, dirty dollars... Those who «deny» climate change are
in fact, denying a «holocaust ``.
Consequently, Legates» involvement
in the brief was branded by an environmental group as an indication that he is «a favorite scientist of the global
warming denial machine.»
Another big problem I have with the
denial camp is the refusal to refute clearly bogus arguments, e.g., that growing wine
in England is proof that the medieval
warm period was much
warmer than it is today.
And so to the 2nd (and quite possibly the final) part
in our mini-series of posts about videos that really annoy us: «The American
Denial of Global
Warming»
One reason for advertising it here at an early stage is that the denizens of Climate Etc. seem well motivated to poke holes
in theories of global
warming, which I view as a positive benefit of skepticism, as distinguished from flat
denial.
One of the human finger prints cited
in the first week of the
Denial course was that the atmospheric
warming this century is unique
in the fact of
warming lower atmosphere and cooling upper atmosphere.
The «global
warming denial machine» was alive and well
in 2013, and continued to have an impact on public opinion regarding the seriousness of the problem.
Well, fooling people is now a highly paid, highly skilled profession, so maybe you can now at least fool the majority of the electorate for a long enough time to accomplish the goal, whether you are engaged
in an illegal war for control of some oil resources, or a global
warming denial disinformation campaign, for control of the right to keep burning as much oil as you feel like.
It will be a compelling battle to try and replace the mother of all eco-scares — man - made global
warming — but Climate Depot is confident that one of these test - marketed new eco-issues will catch on and you may soon see massive denials from environmentalists and UN officials that claims of a man - made global warming crisis never really existed (echoing the claims that there was no widespread concern about global cooling in the 1970's) See: Spoof: NYT in 2019: Scientists Now Say Global Warming Fears Fading Away — Claim There Never Was Warming Consensus — By Marc
warming — but Climate Depot is confident that one of these test - marketed new eco-issues will catch on and you may soon see massive
denials from environmentalists and UN officials that claims of a man - made global
warming crisis never really existed (echoing the claims that there was no widespread concern about global cooling in the 1970's) See: Spoof: NYT in 2019: Scientists Now Say Global Warming Fears Fading Away — Claim There Never Was Warming Consensus — By Marc
warming crisis never really existed (echoing the claims that there was no widespread concern about global cooling
in the 1970's) See: Spoof: NYT
in 2019: Scientists Now Say Global
Warming Fears Fading Away — Claim There Never Was Warming Consensus — By Marc
Warming Fears Fading Away — Claim There Never Was
Warming Consensus — By Marc
Warming Consensus — By Marc Morano
In 2015, Cooler Heads was announced as a co-sponsor of the premier of Climate Hustle, a global
warming denial documentary featuring Marc Morano.
What Felix Vasquez Jr. said when reviewing Life of Pi also applies to AGW theory
in the modern world of Western academia — i.e., proponents of global
warming endorse the notion of blind faith, and
denial as a positive character trait.
Much of the Anti-Global
Warming rhetoric published by The Independent Institute is the work of a few persons, and one stands out, both
in quantity of releases, as well as notoriety, S. Fred Singer who ran the climate -
denial tobacco - funded organisation Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP).
Gore calls on his climate faithful to treat global
warming skeptics like racists and homophobes By Ben Geman Former vice president Al Gore on Monday called for making climate change «
denial» a taboo
in society.
The assertion that global
warming is man made is so oppressively enforced upon popular opinion, especially
in Europe, that expressing a scintilla of doubt is akin to holocaust
denial in some cases.
Rudge, a member of Lord Lawson's climate
denial think tank the Global
Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), accepts that he must pay up the # 1,000 he lost when he bet Chris Hope, a Cambridge University researcher,
in 2011 that 2015 would be more than 0.1 C cooler than 2008.
Principia sits among a hardcore of climate science
denial,
in that it promotes discredited views that carbon dioxide can not
warm the planet.
Attempting to drum up fear about global
warming in the San Antonio Express - News, Andrew Dressler and Gerald North wrote an Oct. 6 article titled, «Climate change is real and
denial is not about the science.»
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In engaging, easy - to - understand language, Climate Change
Denial tells us all we need to know about global warming denial, explaining why, even though the scientific evidence is irrefutable, denial continues to pr
Denial tells us all we need to know about global
warming denial, explaining why, even though the scientific evidence is irrefutable, denial continues to pr
denial, explaining why, even though the scientific evidence is irrefutable,
denial continues to pr
denial continues to prosper.
Why the relentless labeling of those who point out weaknesses
in the global -
warming models as «deniers,» or agents of the «
denial machine,» or deceptive practitioners of «denialism?»
An industry of
denial, abetted by news media and «info - tainment» broadcasters more interested
in selling controversy than presenting facts, has duped half the American public into rejecting the facts of climate science — an overwhelming body of rigorously vetted scientific evidence showing that human - caused, carbon - based emissions are linked to
warming the Earth.
By attacking the level of certainty that people may hold with regard to either the existence of or human causation of global
warming, climate change
denial has attractions for those outside the inner circle of beneficiaries from the fossil fuel industry who do not want to reckon with either changes
in their own lifestyle or with the increased role of government required by effective climate action.