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.
Ecosocialist Resources, published monthly (more or less) in Climate & Capitalism, links to articles, reports, talks and videos that are relevant to our mission
How the anti-green ‘Breakthrough Institute’ misrepresents science to advance a technocratic agenda and undermine grassroots environmentalism
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.
As Earth steadily moves deeper into the danger zone, corporate media responds by giving less and less coverage to climate and the environment
Under ‘really existing capitalism,’ science and rationality must be suppressed to protect the rulers’ interests, no matter who is hurt
“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?”
To respond to the climate emergency, our politics must be as radical as our reality.
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.
A CounterPunch author says global warming has stopped. He’s just plain wrong
A liberal movie, not a radical one
A powerful film indicts an industry run by liars
The “no warming in 16 years” myth has been exploded again, this time by NASA
Britain’s leading Conservative newspaper fires a feeble broadside at Climate & Capitalism
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.
Counting the lies told by lying liars at News Corp.
The corporate-funded propaganda campaign designed to hoodwink the public and prevent any concerted public action on climate change has been remarkably successful.
How the giant corporations most responsible climate change emissions are working to defeat climate change legislation and block international agreements (more…)
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!”
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…)