Science educators and climate researchers have found the guide to be full of factual inaccuracies, so that “truth” in the title is little more than a bunch of alternative facts and feelings that carry more weight than evidence.
These days, outright climate change denial doesn’t get much traction with educated people, so the defenders of the status quo have shifted their strategies.
By Alex Grant, Principal, Jade Cove Partners, San Francisco, USA, & Paul Martin, Chemical Process Development Expert, Toronto, Canada Exxon first correctly identified combustion of their hydrocarbon products as the cause of future catastrophic climate change as early as 1977.¹ But for decades, Exxon successfully ensured that their investors and the world’s … [continued]
Career day for many school kids involves following their parent around for a day, and maybe taking a stroll in a fire truck or going to an office where a parent works. The idea is to encourage kids’ imaginations to see what their options are, that work can be fun and engaging, and to give them a little real-world sense of why they’re getting an education.
We all know clean energy is better for everyone, health-wise. We also have seen, for at least the last few years, that clean energy is usually the technologically superior and less expensive option for most uses (compared to traditional fossil energy).
What problems do the wind turbine blades cause for human health and the environment? Virtually none. They are intentionally mostly chemically inert.
If you were to search for a typical article about Tesla in the media outlet RT (formerly called Russia Today, and Russia’s most prominent international information/propaganda outlet), it is likely that you would come away with the impression that Tesla is a company led by an incompetent CEO producing pathetic, highly dangerous, and unpopular cars.
After the auto bailout, Ford, GM and Chrysler pledged to support stricter fuel standards. Now, they are working with President Trump to weaken those rules.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have created an online game to help people detect and deflect fake news. With so much misinformation being tossed around about climate change, this could be a very useful tool for those who actually care to think for themselves.
Exposes from The Guardian point to the Trump presidential bid win as a product of social media manipulation.
