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Archives: Denialism
100 Days: How much Damage has Trump already done to the Earth?
By Martin Khor | (Inter Press Service) | - - PENANG (IPS) - This week, Donald Trump will mark his first hundred days as US President. It’s time to assess his impact…
Trump’s 1984: Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness
By Steven Harper | (BillMoyers.com) | - - "If you look at these Cabinet appointees, they were selected for a reason. And that is for the deconstruction [of the administrative state]." At…
1 in 50 new Jobs in US is in Solar Energy, despite Trump
Bill Ritter, Jr. | (The Conversation) | On Tuesday, March 28, President Trump traveled to the Environmental Protection Agency to sign an executive order rolling back a number of climate-related regulations that…
Donald Trump: Global Ecocide
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Can one determined and willfully ignorant man both stem the green tide and push the world over the brink into…
Putin joins ranks of Climate Denialists in support of Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Russian President Vladimir Putin has abruptly become a climate-change denialist, apparently under the influence of key figures in the Trump administration, which Putin…
Trump’s New Decree to ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Climate, Reward Big Oil
TeleSur | - - The latest executive order is seen by critics as a reckless attempt to boost energy industry profits at the cost of the environment and public health. U.S. President…
Top 4 Worst pieces of Climate News from WMO in Age of Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations issued its annual report on the climate on Tuesday, making a full and final assessment…
Trump & Saudi Arabia: Oil Boycott or Bromance?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump is meeting this week with Muhammad bin Salman, the deputy heir apparent of the Saudi Arabian throne and the minister of defense.…
Hey Scott Pruitt: Tom Brokaw says you’re full of it on CO2 & Climate Change
Climate State | (Video News Clip) | - - Climate State: Global Warming ϟ ☼ ❅ What You Need To Know, with Tom Brokaw
Close the Coal Plants: How to Reply to Pruitt’s Lie about CO2 & Climate
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Having Scott Pruitt as head of the Environmental Protection Agency is sort of like the plot of that Showtime thriller Dexter, where the…
Sorry, Trump, China’s cut-back on Coal Dooms Industry
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump has said many foolish things, but his pledge to bring back coal takes the cake. Coal is the dirtiest source of…
Top 5 Hypocrisies of Trump Friday
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Friday, Trump was making news again, after having appeared to be subdued (or muzzled?) by his staff midweek. But he addressed the…
Study finds 6 600 spills from fracking in just four US states
The Watchers | - - Each year, 2 to 16 percent of hydraulically fractured oil and gas wells spill hydrocarbons, chemical-laden water, hydraulic fracturing fluids and other substances, according to a study published…
As Antarctica Ice Cover Shrinks, Trump Picks ‘Most Dangerous’ EPA Leader
TeleSur | - - Pruitt, a suspected climate change denier, has expressed plans to roll back climate policies that regulate the fossil fuel industry. The U.S. Senate on Friday confirmed Oklahoma Attorney…
Give us your Huddled Scientists: France woos US Climate Researchers, Inventors in age of Trump
By Frédéric Simon | EurActiv.com | - - The United States of America. Home of the free. Land of the brave. And, until Donald Trump became president, a beacon of science, research…
Cooking the Planet: GOP Congress quietly allows Methane Emissions on Public Land
By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | Commondreams.org | - - Fossil fuel industry hits paydirt as congress approves measure that gives "away a taxpayer-owned resource for free" The U.S. House of Representatives…
US Government Scientists Go ‘Rogue’ in Defiance of Trump
TeleSur | - - Twitter accounts are being used as a tool of resistance to fight censorship and bring reliable scientific information to the public. Employees from more than a dozen U.S.…
Climate Activists fear Tillerson, Call him Out for Lying About Warming During Hearing
By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - 'Listening to his hearing, it would be easier to conclude Tillerson is under criminal investigation than under consideration for secretary…