“… there are significant opportunities to connect climate action to other issues …”
Category: Climate Communications
UN Calls for “Climate Misinformation” to be Criminalised
“False claims obstructing climate action” – like claiming the Spanish blackout was caused by renewables
Guardian: “Choose your news” Media is Contributing to Climate Inaction
“… If there’s no common framework, there can be no consensus commitments. …”
Climate “Communicators” Discover the Best Way to Persuade Voters is to Lie to Them
This is a hilarious X (formerly Twitter) thread on a presentation about “messaging over climate”. Worst messages tested: electric cars, Green New Deal, frontline communities, ‘Big Oil lied’, climate pollution…
Aussie Government Grudgingly Retreats from Dictating Content Moderation to the Entire World
“… the online watchdog “considered this option (abandoning legal action) likely to achieve the most positive outcome for the online safety of all Australians, especially children”. …”
Passing 1.5C Global Warming is Now an “Opportunity”
You naughty proletariat, instead of spanking you for failing to reign in your emissions, we’re going to give you another chance to embrace green socialism.
MSNBC Damage Control: “Yes, it’s cold. Yes, the planet’s still warming.”
Defending the hottest year ever narrative in the middle of record breaking cold.
Guardian: A third of British Teenagers think Climate Change is Exaggerated
According to the Guardian, climate deniers have influenced teens by infiltrating youtube with disinformation videos.
New Climate Institute Claims Microsoft is “Unjustly” Quarantining Their Emails
Trojan, virus, hack or Microsoft defect?
Did the BBC’s Specialist Disinformation Reporter Lie on her CV?
BBC Disinformation head Marianna Spring is a fierce defender of the BBC’s institutional climate bias, and a critic of anti-Covid lockdown conspiracy theorists.
More Rending of Garments from “Academia” or Why…Why Won’t those Troglodytes Trust Us?
In the long tradition of Lewandowsky (who warrants an entire category listing on this site), Cook, Oreskes, and more, we have a new entry into the well-worn genre of trying…
Twitter Climate Alarmists Alarmed at the Rise of Free Speech
“… Half of regular green tweeters abandoned platform after its sale and cuts to moderation, analysis finds …”
Team Climate Crisis Resorts to Bullying, Again
One would think that the public relations fiasco that stuck climate science (and sullied the reputation of science in general) as a result of ClimateGate back in 2009 would restrain…
Claim: Aussies Should Learn Communication Skills from Greta Thunberg
“… Dig a little deeper and you’ll discover what climate deniers are actually scared of. …”
“In Climate Debate, Exaggeration Is a Pitfall” (NYT article revisited)
The exaggeration continues with fundraising and political power as the prize.
“The thinking error that makes people susceptible to climate change denial”
“… Climate change deniers simplify the spectrum of possible scientific consensus into two categories: 100% agreement or no consensus at all. If it’s not one, it’s the other. …”
Environmental knowledge is inversely associated with climate change anxiety
“The degree of one’s emotions varies inversely with one’s knowledge of the facts, the less you know the hotter you get.”
BBC Rejects Guardian Right Wing Backlash Attenborough Censorship Claims
The Guardian claims a David Attenborough episode of “Wild Isles” will not be publicly aired, because of fears of a right wing backlash.
Could Someone Please Translate this Climate Change Gobbledygook?
“… the social plausibility assessments show that global opportunities for climate action multiply, gain visibility, and materialize at least incrementally. …”
Guardian: Google Are Not Trying Hard Enough to Demonetise Climate Deniers
An example greens want demonitised: “Wind Turbines Not Only Shred Birds But Are Piling Up In Landfills”.
NYT: Bomb Cyclone? Or Just Windy with a Chance of Hyperbole?
Wouldn’t it be a tragedy if journalistic weather hyperbole got so bad, people started ignoring all the climate change hype?
“Britain has Become a Poorer Country” – but is STILL Chasing NET ZERO
The mainstream media are failing us, not asking obvious questions, like “how can we prevent energy prices spiralling out of control?”.
Is WSJ Quietly Practicing More Balanced Reporting on Climate Change?
A scattering of surprisingly climate skeptic stories has started appearing lately in the pages of America’s premier financial journal. But there may be an important deeper reason which explains why…
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