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Category Archives: Global Warming Denial Machine
Extraordinary anti-environmental science moment at GOP convention
Deep into his presidential nomination acceptance speech, after the regular-person stories and mostly content-free remarks about issues, Romney shared a remarkable moment with his delegates: “President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the … Continue reading
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Climate scientist Ray Pierrehumbert: “Paul Ryan Is a Climate Change Denialist”
“Classic denialist dogma,” Prof. Pierrehumbert calls Ryan’s most explicit statement of his views on climate change. Romney and Ryan couldn’t be setting the bar any lower for Obama to look good on climate change, if the President ever decides to … Continue reading
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Protesters ‘welcome’ ALEC to its meeting in Salt Lake City
The ALEC Welcoming Committee coalition is mounting a week of protest events in connection with the American Legislative Exchange Council conference in Salt Lake City July 23-28. ALEC, a Koch-funded ‘free market’ policy organization made up of state legislators and corporate … Continue reading
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Climate science denier Colorado Congressman wants federal wildfire disaster aid
The High Park Fire in freshman Rep. Cory Gardner's (R-Colorado) district has torched 87,284 acres, burned 257 houses and has cost $33.5 million to suppress. Rep. Gardner is part of the House majority that rejects climate science that connects fossil fuel … Continue reading
Popular Science reviews denialists' war on climate scientists
"How had a small band of non-scientists managed to so quickly and thoroughly pursuade the nation’s leaders to reject an ever more coherent and definitive body of scientific evidence?" asks Popular Science magazine, in “The Battle Over Climate Science.” This … Continue reading
Pacific Institute reinstates Peter Gleick after Heartland Institute incident
We welcome this: “The Pacific Institute is pleased to welcome Dr. Peter Gleick back to his position as president of the Institute,” the Institute’s board of directors said in a statement issued today. “An independent review conducted by outside counsel … Continue reading
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A coordinated right-wing campaign to turn the US public against renewable energy?
“A network of ultra-conservative groups is ramping up an offensive on multiple fronts to turn the American public against wind farms and Barack Obama's energy agenda,” the UK Guardian reports. Having pushed global climatic disruption pretty much off the radar … Continue reading
Thanks to State Farm insurance for dropping the Heartland Institute
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Even denialist Rep. Sensenbrenner recoiled at loathsome Heartland Institute Unabomber global warming billboard
Heartland took down its billboard comparing those who support climate science to the Unabomber when it became clear that they had stooped too low even for Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin), a hard-nosed denialist who has engaged in a McCarthyist jihad … Continue reading
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General Motors pulls funding from Heartland Institute; Heartland responds
A GM spokesman confirmed that the company will stop funding the Heartland Institute, a well-known cog in the global warming denial machine. Heartland issued a response in which they complain about, get this: the Huffington Post, Center for American Progress, … Continue reading
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