By Justin Mikulka As the midterm elections approach, DeSmog is taking this opportunity to highlight some of the top climate science deniers currently running for office in the U.S. Did we miss someone notable? Let us know. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La) Recently featured on DeSmog for some of his other extreme views, Rep. Clay Higgins […]
With the U.S. midterm elections just six weeks away, the Sierra Club launched a campaign Tuesday to boot ten leading “Fossil Fools” from office and replace them with more environmentally friendly alternatives. The “Fossil Fools 2018” campaign, spearheaded by the group’s Political Committee, targets Congressional Republicans running for reelection in November who have consistently voted […]
A 2012 law could make North Carolina more vulnerable to hurricanes like Florence, which is expected to approach the state later Thursday, CBS reported. The law banned policy makers from using up-to-date climate science to plan for sea level rise, which is expected to make flooding from storms like Florence worse. “Currently the unspoken plan […]
After a summer full of extreme weather headlines, The BBC is making a concerted effort to improve its coverage of climate change. In a “crib sheet” sent to BBC journalists via email last Thursday and obtained by Carbon Brief, the major news source provided reporters with a climate “editorial policy” and “position” and invited them […]
President Donald Trump has added yet another climate skeptic to his team. Princeton physicist William Happer confirmed to E&E News by email that he had begun to work Tuesday as the senior director for emerging technologies at the National Security Council (NSC). Happer is famously skeptical of the scientific consensus that human burning of fossil […]
By Elliott Negin A decade after pledging to end its support for climate science deniers, ExxonMobil gave $1.5 million last year to 11 think tanks and lobby groups that reject established climate science and openly oppose the oil and gas giant’s professed climate policy preferences, according to the company’s annual charitable giving report released this […]
Government inaction on climate change and climate deniers were called out by former vice president Al Gore and Samoan prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele separately this week. Gore voiced his sentiment during an interview released Wednesday with Fox 11’s Good Day L.A. co-host Elex Michaelson. Sailele made the remarks at his speech Thursday in Australia. They […]
By Andy Rowell The disconnect could not be greater. As wildfires raged across the U.S. last week, inflamed by climate change, Trump officials attended the America First Energy Conference, where delegates heard age-old fossil fuel arguments that, amongst others, carbon dioxide makes the planet greener and could not be creating a climate crisis. The conference […]
On Thursday, July 19 The Hill reported that the Republican controlled Congress passed a non-binding resolution saying a tax on carbon-dioxide emissions “would be detrimental to American families and businesses, and is not in the best interest of the United States.” But the next Monday, a Republican duo introduced and co-sponsored the MARKET CHOICE Act […]
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