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Ten Years Of The Denier Roundup: A Look Back At How Climate Disinformation Has And Hasn’t Changed
Is media bias censoring the climate "debate"? No. It wasn't in 2014, and it won't be in 2024. Is it damningly hypocritical for climate activists to fly? No. It wasn't in 2014, and it won't be in 2024. Is climate coverage from Rupert Murdoch’s media empire reliable? No. It wasn't in 2014, and it won't be in 2024. Is debunking deniers a way to change their minds? No. It wasn't in 2014, and it won't be in 2024. Maybe the hottest year on record will be convincing?
We Read 100 Stupid Stories About COP28 So You Don't Have To
During COP28, we read at least 100 stories published across a baker's dozen (13) frequently climate disinformation-publishing websites. This isn't a comprehensive list, as there are definitely more disinformation-filled articles out there, but it is at least a somewhat representative sample of what the climate disinformation landscape looked like over the last two weeks.
Suspicious Accounts Spread Pro-UAE Propaganda Across X/Twitter And Reddit
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023 Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 2:30:38p GMT totally normal to post and repost basically the same thing over and over and over and over and over again Even after seemingly getting caught conducting a covert social media influence operation earlier this year, the UAE appears to be continuing to use coordinated inauthentic activity to bolster its reputation as the host of the COP28 climate conference.
$72 Million In Dark, Oily Money Fueling Groups Orchestrating Anti-Offshore Wind Campaigns
Hey, have you ever wondered how much money goes into the groups orchestrating opposition to offshore wind (OSW) projects up and down the East Coast?
Carbon-Captured COP? Analyzing CCS Propaganda Pushed At COP28
If we could just capture carbon dioxide, pulling it from the air and safely storing it indefinitely, then this whole climate change problem would be easy enough to solve. That's what fossil fuel companies want you to think so they can keep selling their dirty product.
Shellenberger Quiet On $60 Million Bribe For $1.3 Billion Nuclear Bailout In Ohio
But as former Obama-era Department of Energy Special Advisor Tyler Norris pointed out on Twitter/X, selling the promises of nuclear in this case extended beyond Householder and Randazzo. "Has the nature of [Michael] Shellenberger's entanglement in all this ever become clear?" Norris asked last week about the nuclear energy advocate and climate disinformer.
Climate Denial Is Harmful Bullshit, Peer-Reviewed Paper Explains
Friday, Dec. 08, 2023 Friday, December 08, 2023 at 2:29:57p GMT Yesterday was COP28’s official "rest" day, the half-way point of the 2-week UN climate negotiations. We spent the day reading this lovely paper we saw some deniers getting mad about at some point in the last month or so... "Climate denialism bullshit is harmful" is the title of a paper published in the Asian Journal of Philosophy last spring.
What Little Transparency Google Provides Shows It's 'Open Season For Greenwashing'
Just about the only quantitative data Google provides is a ballpark figure of the number of ads the company has run. For Saudi Aramco, it was 2,100. Total ran 1,090, ExxonMobil ran 940, Chevron ran 288, and Shell ran 250. What was in those ads?
Right-wing Reframe Of 'Eco-Terrorists' Enables And Encourages Violence Against Peaceful Protesters
Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2023 Wednesday, December 06, 2023 at 3:21:52p GMT The latest bulletin from the Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD) coalition came out yesterday, documenting how the years-long campaign to reframe climate activism as radical eco-terrorism is fostering violence — and how Big Tech platforms are allowing the glorification of that violence.
Parked Plane Freezes, So Ryan Maue Spreads Fake News And Pretends It Was Going To COP28
Over the weekend it was snowy in Munich, and at the airport, an unfueled, parked aircraft froze over. Someone posted the footage of it online. Because of the weight of the snow in the tail, the plane tipped upwards, and as a result, it appeared as though the plane was flash-frozen on the runway just as its front end was taking off. Enter Ryan Maue, a weather map expert whose dishonesty was so brazen that even the notoriously fact-adverse Trump White House kicked him out.
Right-wing Dark Money Funded Daily Caller Removed Tucker Carlson From Its Board Last Year
We're pretty busy with COP28 right now (don't download the official app!) so check out this reporting from the Daily Beast's Roger Sollenberger about the Daily Caller: "Former Fox News star turned social media vlogger Tucker Carlson was quietly removed from the board of the media organization he co-founded in 2011—The Daily Caller—where he’d held a chair position for more than a decade, according to a previously unreported tax filing." When Sollenberger reached out to him, "Carlson didn’t...
UAE Carbon Removal Company Run By Italian Scammer Snatches Up Land From Developing World
If you’re still in doubt that carbon offsetting is a scam, just take a look at the latest hotshot carbon offset company, Blue Carbon, which is literally taking advice from a convicted fraudster who ran an Italian telecomms company into the ground.
Google Still Breaking Its Climate Disinfo Policy And More Revealed In 'Deny, Deceive, Delay Vol 3.'
The Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD) coalition is back with another year of COP-watching, and the latest report has some interesting findings! Remember how Google promised to stop selling ads on climate denial?
UN Climate Negotiations Start Tomorrow, So Deniers Threw Their Followers Some Red Meat
Tomorrow is the first day of the 28th annual Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), the two-week diplomatic marathon in which every nation on Earth endeavors to come to a consensus about what we should do about the climate crisis. This year's host, the UnitedArabEmirates, is a toppetroleumproducer and has created a variety of embarrassingpublic relationscampaigns to try to cover up that fact.
What Converted A Climate Denier? Coverage Of Contraceptive Pills, And New Friends
If anyone needs a reminder of why we talk about the intersectionality of, say, transphobiaandclimate denial or misogyny and climate disinformation, read this BBC op-ed by Sarah Ott, a woman who "thought climate change was a hoax" but has now "changed [her] mind." Ott's denial had a relatively standard origin story, developing from exposure to right-wing radio godfather Rush Limbaugh’s climate denial and the Climategate disinformation narrative. So what was "the big turning point"?
COP 28 Propaganda, Part 3: UAE Blames Individuals For Climate Change And Tries To Quash Criticism
In response to climate advocates’ criticism that the UAE has a conflict of interest in running COP28 because it is so heavily invested in fossil fuels, pro-UAE content has attempted to redirect scrutiny onto other entities. One method of deflection is whataboutism, a climate action delay tactic that involves making counter-accusations and redirecting the conversation to other issues rather than engaging with the original issue at hand.
COP28 Propaganda, Part 2: UAE Makes Woke-washed Calls For Inclusion Of Fossil Fuel Industry
UAE spokespeople and UAE-based media outlets frequently manufacture the false appearance of alignment with progressive values by co-opting social justice movements’ terminology — a disinformation technique known as woke-washing. The UAE has repeatedly made references to inclusivity, calling COP28 “the most inclusive COP ever” and claiming that the summit will specifically uplift the voices of Indigenous people and women.
COP28 Propaganda, Part 1: UAE Using Greenwashing As Fig Leaf Over Heinous Oil Expansion Plans
The clock is ticking on climate change, and at the end of this month, world leaders will convene to negotiate solutions to this critical threat at COP28. Unfortunately, this crucial summit is being held in a petrostate, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and will be overseen by an oil baron, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, who also runs a renewable energy company.
National Climate Assessment Reactions: Politicization, Racism And Conspiracies
Listen up, because the latest National Climate Assessment (NCA) was released this week! For those who are unaware, the NCA is a massive federal government report summarizing the state of climate science so that policymakers can make informed decisions about the fossil fuel pollution and other human activities changing the climate. Overall, the findings are concerning, to say the least. Of course, that's not how the liars in denierworld portrayed it — if they mentioned the report at all.
Man Complains About Conservative Media Not Uplifting His Conservative Art, In Conservative Outlet
In his latest op-ed, published Tuesday, Judge earnestly asks, "why doesn't conservative media support conservative art?" To us, it seems clear that Judge is working through his own personal feelings of failure and betrayal at the fact that only one conservative media outlet reviewed his book and that one review "was barely coherent." But he hides his disappointment behind a patina of concern about the lack of fanfare for "a talented Catholic filmmaker named Paul Roland" who wrote, produced,...
‘Anti-Censorship’ Shellenberger Tried To Censor, Harass and Intimidate Wikipedia Editor
Since as far back as the 1960s, Big Oil has been building a case that its disinfo is merely free speech. In more recent years, we've seen this narrative being used by Exxon in court and by CFACT and others for fundraising and app hyping. We even warned in 2018 that anti-vaxxers claiming to exercise their free speech were a threat to public health.
Fossil Fueled Lawsuits And Anti-Protest Laws Add Courtroom Costs To Police Brutality Tactics
Yesterday, we covered a new report from Greenpeace, which details the police violence against climate activists that the fossil fuel industry is sponsoring. Today, we're looking at the report's findings on how the industry is working across the country to further criminalize and deter climate activism. In addition to partnering with police to clamp down on protests, the fossil fuel industry is also wielding its power through lobbying and donations.
Pain Compliance Torture Is The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Latest Police Tactic Against Activists
Vilification of protesters, pain compliance torture, anti-protest legislation, and abusive lawsuits: these are some of the insidious tactics that the fossil fuel industry is using in its full-court press against climate activists.
Glenn Beck's Blaze Promises Real Story Of Maui Fires, Puts It Behind Paywall
Hey, remember Glenn Beck? The right-wing pundit who spent years pushing racist disinformation attacking President Obama before apologizing, un-apologizing, and then getting right back on his bullshit? Welp, it turns out that the revenue from Beck’s YouTube channels must not be cutting it for him, because the latest release from Beck's disinfo outlet, Blaze Media, is behind a paywall as part of a recent move in response to troubles with ad revenue. That’s too bad.
Doctor's Orders: Calling Out Fossil-Fueled Opposition Makes Climate and Health Messaging Better
Yes! At least, coming from healthcare professionals, anyway. According to a new study published in The Lancet's Planetary Health journal, messages about the health dangers from climate change that included a mention of the fossil fuel CEOs, lobbyists, and politicians who oppose climate action performed best.
Et Tu, Julia Child? How Polluter Propaganda Cooked Up Gas Stove Product Placements
The methane or “natural” gas industry has known for a century that its product isn't safe. Thankfully, though, journalist Rebecca Leber has done a great job of exposing the industry's extensive propaganda, from making "cooking with gas" a thing to producing cringy raps and sponsoring Instagram posts. Now Leber's back with the latest, and it's a bummer, if enlightening. Even beloved TV chef Julia Child was co-opted by the American Gas Association's (AGA) propaganda efforts.
The Curious Case Of The Clickbait That Didn't Go Viral: Are Your Burgers Finally Safe?
Back in 2019, the right-wing disinfosphere went absolutely nuts over the lie(s) that Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was going to take away hamburgers as part of the Green New Deal's intent to clean up the sort of factoryfarming that's responsible for significant amounts of the greenhouse gasses causing climate change. In the years since, the Right's AOC obsession seems to be fading.
Climate Disinfo Outlet GB News Backed By Fossil-Fueled Hedge Fund, DeSmog Reveals
Earlier this year, DeSmog revealed that a third of hosts on GB News spread climate denial, which you have probably seen on social media. If you haven't, think of Fox News, but with an aristocratic British accent and an even greater focus on anti-climate fossil fuel industry propaganda. It turns out that GB News’ constant stream of climate denial is probably not a coincidence.
Oklahoma Retirees Facing Millions In Losses If Anti-ESG Dorks Are Appeased
Ever since Republicans started figuring out there's a cost to their racist and baseless attacks on incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues in financial risk and value estimations and other fiduciary concerns, they've struggled to find messaging that lands. For example, M. Scott Carter at the Oklahoman reported this week that the state's boycott of banks with ESG policies comes with a huge price tag—and buys them exactly nothing.
Extreme Heat Just Your Imagination, WSJ's Deniers Insist As They Praise A/C
That the record global temperature was broken back-to-back? Pay no mind to it, says Milloy, as "Average global temperature is a concept invented by and for the global-warming hypothesis. It is more a political concept than a scientific one. The Earth and its atmosphere is large and diverse, and no place is meaningfully average." Yes, now even basic mathematical concepts like an average are apparently part of a global scam! Math? Numbers? Thermometers?
Climate Disinfo Reaches New Artistic Heights As Fossil Fools Churn Out Propaganda Poems
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Spanish Environment Minister Falsely Accused Of Climate Hypocrisy In Viral Storm Of Misinformation
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Meet The Disinfluencers: Bernie Spofforth, The Swimsuit Inventor Turned Climate And COVID Liar
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Newsflash: Threads Is Not The Antidote To Twitter’s Disinformation
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Playing Both Sides: Over 1,500 Lobbyists Work For Both Fossil Fuel Companies And Pro-Climate Groups
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Playing Both Sides: Over 1,500 Lobbyists Work For Both Fossil Fuel Companies And Pro-Climate Groups
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CFACT's Duggan Flanakin Is Officially Our Favorite Zonked Out Source Of EV Disinfo
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The Fact Checks Will Continue Until Big Tech Improves, Because Yes, Humans Cause Climate Change
On Monday, Kate Petersen published a great fact check at USA Today, debunking the inaccurate science and shoddy math that Aussie denier Alan Jones used to assert that climate policy would be “national economic suicide” for Australia. In a May Instagram video, Jones stated, "How much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere? It's 0.04%. And of that 0.04%, human beings around the world create 3%. And of that 3%, Australia creates 1.3%.
Those Peddling UFO Conspiracies For Clicks Can't Complain About Anti-Disinfo Advocacy
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A State Of Denial: Montana Paid $30k To Prove There's No Case Against Climate Science
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Exxon and API Spent Over $33 Million On Instagram And Facebook Ads In Past 5 Years
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BP Joins Propaganda Push For UAE's Hosting Of COP28
Welcome to what is apparently the latest in a series of posts on how the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is using all the tools in the propaganda ("public relations") handbook to launder its reputation.
Fox Finally Lands A Big Scandal: John Kerry Added! (Up The Death Toll Of Fossil Fuels)
As we and others have noticed, Fox "News"'s dedicated climate disinfo peddler Thomas Catenacci has been reliably turning stupid press releases into stupid stories attempting to make normal government functions (meeting with stakeholders who want protection from industry pollution) sound as corrupt as Trump administration problems (government regulators meeting with former lobbying coworkers from industries they're supposed to be regulating).
Summer Reading: Lots Of Climate Disinfo Debunking Options!
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UN Policy Brief On 'Info Integrity On Digital Platforms' Outlines Disinfo Risks And Responses
Pop quiz, faithful Roundup readers! Here are two quotes. One is from a past Denier Roundup post, and the other is from UN Secretary-General António Guterres at a Monday press briefing. Can you guess which is which?
The US Has 12 UFOs!? No, Shellenberger's Just Going Where Every Conspiracist Has Gone Before: Aliens
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Transphobes And Climate Deniers Use Same Rhetorical Techniques To Distort Reality
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Science-Denying Right-Wingers Use Transphobia To Undermine Climate Action
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Twitter Accounts Of People Who Don't Exist Promoted Petrostate Running Climate Conference
A couple weeks ago, we talked about how the host of this year's annual UN COP climate negotiations, the United Arab Emirates, is providing perfect material for understanding propaganda by invoking the concept of "inclusion" to defend inviting a war criminal to COP28. Who could possibly top that? How about a person who doesn't exist! Yes, apparently people who don't exist are huge fans of the UAE, including the petrostate's oil boss tapped to preside over COP28.
WSJ's Andy Kessler Asks Stupid Question (If Climate Can Heal Itself) For Stupid Reason (Denial)
Sometimes climate change disinformation is hard to identify. Other times, the denial is hard to miss. The Wall Street Journal's opinionpage is consistently the latter. The latest intentionally stupid climate disinformation comes from columnist and climate denier Andy Kessler.
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