“Don’t Look Up” is a satire film about humanity in denial about an impending comet collision with earth (details here). It’s a not-too-subtle play on attitudes about climate change. Denialism is quite possibly the most striking cultural phenomenon of our time. Election, clima[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Climate Denial’
December 2nd, 2022 - 9:21 pm § in Environment
Busting a polar bear myth
Background: Polar bears are a symbol of the deleterious effects of global warming. Climate deniers claim: The polar bear population has “never been higher.” The facts: Polar bears came back from near-extinction caused by overhunting, thanks to conservation efforts and hunting restrictions, but t[...]
Here’s GOP candidate’s “proof” evolution isn’t real
“At one time, science said man came from apes, did it not?” No. Science never said “man came from apes.” But that’s what GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker told a congregation on Sunday, March 13, 2022 (story here), adding for good measure, “If that is true” (it i[...]
Major cities hire “chief heat officers”
Here in Seattle, we sweltered through prolonged 100-degree-plus heat last summer, and I began joking to friends about buying Arctic beachfront property while it’s available. The warming Arctic is no joke, though. Seattle isn’t one of the cities hiring “chief heat officers” &#[...]
Calling climate change “B.S.” doesn’t make it less real
Sen. Ron Johnson (photo, left; bio here), a Republican from Wisconsin, who is arguably the most factually-challenged member of that body in addition to being a liar (“the rioters were just tourists”), “insisted again last week that he is not a climate change denier,” but CNN [...]
June 25th, 2018 - 1:47 am § in Environment
GLOBAL WARMING: ALL TOO REAL!
Special report: A 30-year alarm on the reality of climate change Three decades have passed since then-NASA scientist James Hansen testified before the Senate Energy committee and alerted the country to the arrival of global warming. Why it matters: The predictions of the world’s leading clima[...]
November 26th, 2017 - 10:08 am § in Religion
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Dinosaur Find Proves Creationist Theories are Correct
Alternative Realities: An Allosaurus skeleton, nicknamed “Ebeneezer” shows visitors that the dinosaurs roamed the Earth only 4,300 years ago. Michael Peroutka speaking in front of Ebeneezer at the Creation Museum The Creation Museum, the owner of the remains of an allosaurus named ̶[...]
July 17th, 2017 - 1:02 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
Trump wants to use a United Nations climate change fund to build coal-fired power plants in places endangered by global warming
Trump Wants More Coal Plants as a Solution to Global Warming! Did Macron offer Trump a bag of coal to endorse the Paris accords? The U.S. already donated $1 billion to the UN Green Climate Fun. A White House official said the U.S. is commuted to “work closely with other countries to help the[...]
July 11th, 2017 - 12:17 am § in Donald Trump, Environment
Where Climate Denial Leads
When Will the Planet Be Too Hot for Humans? Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine. Plague, famine, heat no human can survive. This is not science fiction but what scientists, when they’re not being cautious, fear could be our future. NYMAG.COM Long but worth a read. The author tries to show a range[...]