Dark money wins as Senate Judiciary Committee votes for Amy Coney Barrett
Just as we have seen dark money fund climate denial and undermine climate discourse, it now seems to be undermining American justice, too.
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Koch-funded climate denial group “shaping” White House strategy on COVID-19
As ever with science not everything is as it seems. As many countries worldwide struggle with the second wave of COVID-19, there is an ongoing scientific debate about how best to control the virus without destroying the economy.
Despite growing climate emergency, Exxon’s message to world remains: “Drop Dead”
For those hoping that the duel whammy of the pandemic and our climate emergency would belatedly and finally pivot Exxon away from fossil fuels, this is not going to happen. The company just wants to carry on drilling.
Non-Aligned: As Big Oil spews climate denial, oil workers want to “switch to renewables”
Whereas Big Oil bosses still continue a strategy of climate denial, the majority of oil workers would switch to jobs in the renewable industry.
Climate Hypocrisy: Despite being COP26 hosts, UK Gov. offers over 100 new drilling licenses
The British Government, as hosts of COP26, had an opportunity to show real climate leadership and start a just transition away from fossil fuels. But they just offered over 100 drilling licenses
Both Minnesota and D.C. sue Big Oil for “campaign of deception” over climate change
Big Oil’s decades' old campaign to deny, deceive and delay action on climate change has been thrust into the spotlight again after the Attorney Generals for Minnesota and the District of Columbia (D.C.) both launched legal action against the industry within 24 hours of each other.
Now is the Time to Flatten the Climate Curve Too
As we transition out of the pandemic we need to transition out of fossil fuels too. We have the science. We have the knowledge. We have the expertise. And now we have to change.
As UN says we are “way off track” on CO2; White House says “let’s bailout out dirty shale”
Instead of responding responsibly to the climate crisis, the chief climate denier in the White House, Donald Trump, continues to promote the fossil fuel industry. And even worse, he wants to bail out his fossil fuel friends in response to the rapidly declining oil price.
Shell: “We’re going to get as much out of oil and gas for as long as we can”
“Shell’s concern, deeper than its fossil-fuel identity and more urgent than the climate crisis, is Shell. I don’t believe it’s going to lead us to the Paris climate goals, and Shell probably doesn’t believe it will either.”
Trump Official “Embeds” Discredited Denial Arguments into Interior Dep. Reports
We must fight climate denial with a new energy and vigor. In this new decade, we must ensure that the deniers’ day is finally done. As Greta Thunberg and the millions of young climate activists demand every week: it is time to listen to the science.