newspaper_generic.jpg EVER heard the one about climate scientists being a bunch of rent-seekers just out to chase taxpayers money, or the one where climate change scientists are just part of an elite left-wing conspiracy out to trample on the heretics? How about your nearest conservative columnist telling you that “green is
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DeSmogBlog: Climate Science Denier Ian Plimer Recruits Former Australian PM To Launch Book Targeting Children
get_expelled.jpg ON November 24 in Melbourne, Professor Ian Plimer launched his new book which aims to spread doubt and uncertainty on the science of climate change. Targeting school children and teachers (at least superficially) with his book, Professor Plimer told the audience: “These children are being fed environmental propaganda and these
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Monckton Reaches New Heights of Anti-Environmentalism
daily_caller_screenshot.jpg CLIMATE science denial think-tank the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow is flying a four-strong delegation to next week’s UN climate conference in South Africa, with a promise to engage in a “balanced, civil and genuine” dialogue. But the chances of much civility appear to be somewhere between zero and naught,
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Commonwealth Business Council Picks In-house Denier To Chair Climate Forum
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IF you were going to have a serious high-level discussion about, say, improving science teaching in schools, then who would you invite to chair the meeting?
How about an astrologer? …
DeSmogBlog: Lord Lawson’s Global Warming Policy Foundation Mistaken On Actual Facts
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A UK-based climate change denial think-tank has been caught making serious misrepresentations on climate policy which go against the guidelines of the UK's charity regulator.
Th…
DeSmogBlog: Lord Monckton Gets Punked By Australian TV Satirists
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YO – check this out.
Jet-setting climate change denier Lord Christopher Monckton has been revealed on Australian television as a fictional character created by comedy gen…
DeSmogBlog: Australia Gets a Price on Carbon Despite Toxic Anti-Science Campaign
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THEY paid millions of dollars for adverts on television, in newspapers and online. They flew in climate change deniers from across the globe. They held rallies, engaged prominent…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Lobby Planet report shows Brussels spinning with corporate influence
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THE maxim of the lobbyist is generally to be heard but not seen, although a new report on the concentration of lobbying in Brussels suggests you'd be hard pressed to go any…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: How The Australian Newspaper Warps The World of Climate Science
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THERE is a publication in Australia where for every one story you read which agrees society should take firm steps to combat climate change, there are four stories suggesting w…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Hit Movie Red Dog and Its Mining Industry Funding
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WE’RE all used to a bit of product placement in today’s movie industry.
The latest mobile phone is pinned to the ear of an international spy. A popular brand of beer …
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Giant Xstrata Coal Mine Challenged Over Climate Change Impacts
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A GIANT mine planned in Queensland, Australia, is facing a court challenge over the impacts that burning its coal will have on rising sea-levels, global temperatur…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Aussie Landholders Lock Gates to Keep Out Coal Seam Gas Industry
IN AUSTRALIA, landholders are responding to the country’s rush to exploit massive reserves of unconventional coal seam gas with a simple but defiant gesture.
They’re locking their gates.
More than 100 environmental and land groups have join…
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Denial Down Under With The Galileo Movement
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THERE’S a new climate denial lobby group on the block – bravely regurgitating previously debunked pseudo-science and making wild unsubstantiated claims that climate scientists are all…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Global Temperature Data Released by "Climategate" Researchers
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TEMPERATURE data from more than 5,000 weather stations used to compile a key global record of surface temperatures has been released to the public.
The raw data, sent from weather ag…
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Norwegian Terrorist Anders Breivik Reveals Climate Denial Influences
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TO followers of the climate change policy debate, the extreme conspiratorial rhetoric is all too familiar:
Climate change is a hoax. Environmentalists are just communists in disguise. …
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Students Get Lobby Group Material From Chris de Freitas in Climate 101 Lectures
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New Zealand-based academic and climate sceptic Dr Chris de Freitas has been caught using material from US lobby groups in lectures to first year university Geography students…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: King Coal Australia Plans to Price Carbon
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SO Australia’s carbon price cards are finally on the table.From July next year, the Federal Government will look to price greenhouse gas emissions at $23 per tonne rising 2.5…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Clearing Up The Climate Debate with A Conversation
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CLIMATE scientists must sometimes feel that they’re taking part in some horrific, humourless worldwide game of Chinese Whispers.After spending months, in some cases yea…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Climate Sceptic Group Reveals Strategy Document to Win Hearts and Minds
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In December 2009 at a gathering of climate change deniers in Copenhagen, Dr Tom Harris was shimmering with enthusiasm for his latest project.Dr Harris, executive director of the Ott…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Lord Monckton Brands Australian Climate Advisor a Nazi
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NEVER a stranger to controversy or a fossil-fuel funded think-tank, Scotland-based British peer Lord Christopher Monckton has been caught jumping the proverbial climate denia…
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