How to spot a fake grassroots movement
By Graham Readfearn on 18 February 2013
It turns out the US Tea Party movement and its calls for “freedom” from government intervention wasn’t some organic uprising of community concern after all.
Tag: "climate denial"
Bolt from the fringes: When is a climate denier too extreme?
By Graham Readfearn on 14 February 2013
Lord Monckton’s latest antics have Andrew Bolt concerned that climate sceptics will be seen as fringe dwellers with loopy beliefs. Hmmm.
Graph of the Day: Was 2010 the year of peak climate denial?
By Giles Parkinson on 28 March 2013
US Gallup poll suggests late 2009, early 2010 may have been the peak in climate change denial, at least regards the science.
Most climate denial books linked to conservative think tanks: study
By Graham Readfearn on 22 March 2013
New research into more than 100 climate science denial books finds almost all of them are largely the products of conservative-leaning think tanks.
Give Monckton credit, he has more guts than Abbott
By Giles Parkinson on 11 December 2012
Lord Monckton’s Doha antics might have got him banned from all future UN climate negotiations, but they had no impact at all on the outcome. It is domestic politics – and the likes of Tony Abbott – that has been the biggest drain on ambition, and on the ability of any major party to respond to calls to meet the science.
Orwellian double-speak dominating climate discussion
By Andrew Glikson on 21 February 2013
While paying lip service to global warming, the powers that be circumvent the scientific message, allowing and promoting CO2 emissions from fossil fuels.
Study confirms Tea Party created by Big Tobacco and billionaires
By Brendan Demelle on 13 February 2013
The anti-science operatives who defended cigarettes are now deploying their playbook to downplay the fossil fuel industry’s role in driving climate change.
Straw man science: Keeping climate simple
By Michael J I Brown on 28 November 2012
Much of the current climate debate uses straw man science – that is, like real climate science, but with the science, facts and complexity removed.
Climate change deniers are rarer than we think
By Sunanda Creagh on 13 November 2012
A new CSIRO study has found that Australians grossly overestimate the proportion of people who deny that climate change is happening.
Alan Jones sent back to school on fact-checking, climate
By Graham Readfearn on 22 October 2012
The Sydney 2GB shock jock has been ordered to undergo training in fact-checking after complaints about his statements on climate change.
Who are the Australian backers of Heartland’s climate denial?
By Graham Readfearn on 22 May 2012
America’s Heartland Institute boasts official supporters from far and wide. But some of the most devoted and long-standing come from Australia.
Premier Newman can do climate denial
By Graham Readfearn on 6 June 2012
As well as being ‘in the coal business,’ the Queensland Premier and environment minister look to be stepping into the business of climate science denial.
99 climate one-liners rebutting denier talking points
Skeptical Science has developed an excellent collection of one-line responses to deniers of climate change. Here are the top 99 with links to the science.