The story below immediately made me think of the classic global warming denial cartoon above, and the one below is a good fit too. The story: a number of Virginia residents duped into believing global warming is a hoax are pissed off about local planners changing zoning codes based on growing flood threats. âA
The LA Times and Washington Post arenât the only major media outlets that are starting to tear into the Republican party and other global warming deniers for their absolute rejection of science. USA Today, which I think has really turned things around in recent years and has some of the best climate change coverage of any major newspaper company, had an excellent editorial on the matter recently, one that compares climate science deniers to âbirthersâ (the folks who didnât and maybe still donât believe that Obama was born in the United States).
Denying reality: the irony of global warming denial in one simple phrase Climate change (global warming, global climate disruption, it doesnât matter what you call it) has become such an idealogical and political football that some who claim they âdonât believe in global warmingâ seem to have lost sight of one immutable fact. Global warming
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/5P8mlF8KT6I&hl=en&fs=1] Peter Sinclair is back again with a new installment of his always-insightful podcast âThe Climate Denial Crock of the Week.â This time, he tackles the common claim climate change deniers make that thousands of reputable scientists dispute global warming. Check it out!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/YhHoCb6OBiI&hl=en&fs=1] I meet all kinds of interesting people through my position as editor of this blog, many of whom are actively fighting to protect the planet. I was lucky enough yesterday to receive an email from one such man: Peter Sinclair, the creator of a weekly YouTube series called âClimate Denial Crock of the Week.â
