Whether they call it global warming or climate change, activists on the left act as if the issue is just an excuse to extort money and expand the power of government. In Part I, I wrote about kleptocrats exploiting the issue to shake down western governments for enormous amounts of aid mo...
The results show that climate activists in the U.S. are predominantly White, female, progressive, age 50 and above, and middle class. BIPOC climate activists tend to be younger, lower socioeconomic class, less likely to contact elected officials about climate change, and less likely to discuss...
Climate justice is increasingly prominent in climate change communication and advocacy but little is known about public understanding of the concept or how widely it resonates with different groups. In our global survey of 5,627 adults in 11 countries spanning the global north and south, most part...
Institutional asset owners paid attention to whether their external stakeholders saw climate change as a significant issue. Consultants and activists agreed. Stakeholder concerns were mainly prioritized for those who had a legal claim on the fund, such as beneficiaries or those with control through the...
Rolf Skar, the campaign director for environmental advocacy group Greenpeace USA, said the call for wide scale commitment to real zero is realistic rather than radical, considering the current pace of carbon emissions and the threat posed by climate change. ...
2023 was the year governments looked at the climate crisis – and decided to persecute the activists | Owen Jones | The Guardian Researchers surprised at levels of toxicity in standard plastic products (ampproject.org) Genomic evidence for West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse duri...
Climate Activists Frustrated by IPCC’s Refusal to Link Extreme Weather with Carbon EmissionsOctober 9, 2024 In "Climate Attribution" Panama Canal Drought: Not Caused by Climate ChangeMay 7, 2024 In "Climate Propaganda" Discover more from Watts Up With That? Subscribe to get the latest posts se...
Climate change and political polarization are two of the twenty-first century’s critical socio-political issues. Here we investigate their intersection by studying the discussion around the United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP
Virgin Islands for researching climate change in the 1970s and then spending millions of dollars to spread misinformation through think tanks and friendly politicians. The movement surrounding the activism and investigations is known by the hashtag #ExxonKnew. Tillerson joined Exxon Company USA in ...
This is a big step forward, but many activists are still calling for further action. Turkey is vulnerable to climate change, and this summer saw some of the worst wildfires in the country’s history. Soon after, heavy flash floods swept across Turkish Black Sea provinces, killing dozens of...