If people are just confused about climate, they can be reasoned with. The facts are convincing, to anyone who is willing to see. But nothing convinces hard core science deniers, as this 2009 episode from Wiley Miller’s comic strip Non Sequitur illustrates.
Archive | Deniers
Ecosocialist resources, July 2015
Ecosocialist Resources, published monthly (more or less) in Climate & Capitalism, links to articles, reports, talks and videos that are relevant to our mission
Hijacking the Anthropocene
How the anti-green ‘Breakthrough Institute’ misrepresents science to advance a technocratic agenda and undermine grassroots environmentalism
The global warming ‘pause’ is politics, not science
The so-called ‘pause’ in the rate of global warming is false and distracting. It is a politically engineered excuse to avoid taking action on climate change.
Climate inaction: The appalling complicity of liberal media
As Earth steadily moves deeper into the danger zone, corporate media responds by giving less and less coverage to climate and the environment
Noam Chomsky: Can civilization survive capitalism?
Under ‘really existing capitalism,’ science and rationality must be suppressed to protect the rulers’ interests, no matter who is hurt
‘Scientists must not remain on the sidelines’
“How will history judge us if we watch the threat unfold before our eyes, but fail to communicate the urgency of acting to avert potential disaster?”
Climate politics must be as radical as the climate crisis
To respond to the climate emergency, our politics must be as radical as our reality.
The climate denial machine vs. climate science
Dealing in Doubt: how fossil fuel interests use the tobacco industry’s playbook to manufacture disinformation designed to confuse the public and stifle action to address climate change.
An antidote to climate change denial
A CounterPunch author says global warming has stopped. He’s just plain wrong
A caveat on 'Greedy Lying Bastards'
A liberal movie, not a radical one
Greedy Lying Bastards. Don't miss it.
A powerful film indicts an industry run by liars
No, global warming hasn't stopped
The “no warming in 16 years” myth has been exploded again, this time by NASA
A reactionary 'skeptic' takes his best shot … and misses
Britain’s leading Conservative newspaper fires a feeble broadside at Climate & Capitalism
Arctic ice melt, psychopathic capitalism, and the corporate media
Corporate media, which ought to be sounding the alarm, continues to deny or minimize the danger of climate catastrophe. Greens and lefts must build independent alternatives.
Agnotology
Counting the lies told by lying liars at News Corp.
The petroleum-powered propaganda machine
The corporate-funded propaganda campaign designed to hoodwink the public and prevent any concerted public action on climate change has been remarkably successful.
How wealthy polluters are blocking action on climate change
How the giant corporations most responsible climate change emissions are working to defeat climate change legislation and block international agreements (more…)
The Denial Tango
From Australia, Men With Day Jobs sing … “And as the waters rise around me I’ll just hold my breath and say, it isn’t so!”
Naomi Klein: Saving the climate requires profound social change
Right-wing climate change deniers aren’t wrong about everything. For example, when they warn that making the emissions cuts scientists say are needed will require radical and economic change … (more…)