Climate Deniers Coming For Your Kids
Fortunately, some initiatives to force children to learn discredited science have failed in Montana, North Carolina, and Utah. In Indiana, new standards have strengthened climate science curricula.
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Living With A Never Ending Climate Emergency
Last week’s heat dome may be just the beginning of a new normal as the Earth’s climate tips over into a new age that will no longer support human life.
Climate Denialism Has No Place at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Ben Santer, John D., and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow, UCS Science Network Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has invited Professor Steven Koonin to give a seminar on May 27, 2021. Professor Koonin’s seminar will cover material contained in a book he published on May 4. … [continued]
How To Debunk A Myth (Effectively)
In the second half of this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, sits down to continue talking with John Cook, cognitive scientist and founder of Skeptical Science, about climate change misinformation and communication.
The Tough Task Of Persuading A Climate Denier
What strategies are you using to persuade the climate deniers in your life to accept the reality around them?
EPA “Head” Scott Pruitt Discounts The Value Of Human Life (Literally)
Scott Pruitt, still clinging to the helm of President Trump’s EPA, met with allies at the Heritage Foundation Wednesday for what one attendee described as a “deniers’ convention,” according to E&E News. Pruitt told attendees that he is planning to stop counting the co-benefits of environmental protections, The Daily Caller reported.
Attempts To Silence Climate Scientists Have Been Desperate But Effective
People play dirty when they can’t win by playing fair. This is, more or less, the story of climate change denial in the United States.
Using A Change Model For Environmental Advocacy — In Depth
When a change model is applied to climate change advocacy, people’s daily lives and concerns take center stage.
NY Times Op-Ed Writer Bret Stephens Ignites A Climate Change Firestorm
The New York Times, which now bills itself as the purveyor of “truth,” decided perhaps it had too much of a liberal bias, so it went out and secured the services of a former Wall Street Journal editorial writer named Bret Stephens.
Cognitive Science Offers Tools To Rebuff Climate Deniers
Cognitive science offers tools for fighting back against the barrage of inaccuracies coming from the Trump administration. Scholars lay out the best weapons for winning a war of ideas. Here is why human brains are so bad at separating what is real from what is not — and how to combat climate denial.
