A 2018 feature in the New York Times Magazine:
As early as 2004 he [Bruno Latour] publicly expressed the fear that his critical “weapons,” or at least a grotesque caricature of them, were being “smuggled” to the other side, as corporate-funded climate skeptics used arguments about the constructed nature of knowledge to sow doubt around the scientific consensus on climate change.
But Latour believes that if the climate skeptics and other junk scientists have made anything clear, it’s that the traditional image of facts was never sustainable to begin with. “The way I see it, I was doing the same thing and saying the same thing,” he told me, removing his glasses. “Then the situation changed.” If anything, our current post-truth moment is less a product of Latour’s ideas than a validation of them. In the way that a person notices her body only once something goes wrong with it, we are becoming conscious of the role that Latourian networks play in producing and sustaining knowledge only now that those networks are under assault.
— Ava Kofman. "Bruno Latour, the Post-Truth Philosopher, Mounts a Defense of Science." New York Times. October 25, 2018. (This is a gift link from my paid subscription that gets you around the paywall.)
Scientists have been warning us for decades that prolonged extreme heatwaves and out of control disease outbreaks will become more frequent and deadly due to climate change.
— Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) July 16, 2022
We need to completely change our ways of living instead of continuing our "back to normal" denial.
Today, climate deniers are hooting about something called the World Climate Declaration, an anti-science screed that claims to have 1,200 "scientists" declaring that there is no climate emergency. A couple of notes on that. 1/ pic.twitter.com/sQZcNtapLY
— Dave Vetter (@davidrvetter) August 19, 2022
The Declaration is in fact just a continuation of a project by something called the Climate Intelligence Foundation (CLINTEL), a lobby group funded by two Dutch millionaires. @DeSmog has plenty of details here:https://t.co/M3RUAfiPRX 2/
— Dave Vetter (@davidrvetter) August 19, 2022
As you'd expect, CLINTEL is deeply intertwined with fossil fuel money and many of its ambassadors are involved with US fossil fuel lobbyists the Heartland Institute and the Cato Institute. 3/
— Dave Vetter (@davidrvetter) August 19, 2022
The Declaration can be found below. As you will see, the wording itself is extremely lazy, comprising a list of stale, debunked I-got-this-from-Facebook tropes. No research is cited.
— Dave Vetter (@davidrvetter) August 19, 2022
4/https://t.co/CYuMwGW2Jj
When you scroll down the list of signatories, you'll note that few come from climate-related disciplines. A notable number are from the oil and gas industry. Eight are either current or former Shell employees. 5/
— Dave Vetter (@davidrvetter) August 19, 2022
The six climate change myths listed are all dealt with comprehensively on Skeptical Science's Argument page (below). Not one of them holds up to even casual scrutiny. 6/https://t.co/Bghf6BYKMm
— Dave Vetter (@davidrvetter) August 19, 2022
For the second year in a row, a self-declared “leader” in the fight against global climate change will host the Super Bowl of climate change denial.
In February, the right-wing Heartland Institute is scheduled to convene its three-day “International Conference on Climate Change” at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista hotel, near Walt Disney World Resort. The Illinois-based think tank is unwavering in its dismissal of established climate science and has a long history of cheerleading for the fossil fuel industry and fighting environmental regulations and renewable energy projects.
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The event is wildly out of step with Hilton’s stated climate and environmental pledges.
— "Self-Proclaimed Climate 'Leader' To Host Annual Climate Denier Conference," Chris D'Angelo, Huff Post, Nov 23, 2022
For the last month I've been reporting on a group of people who travel across America blocking wind and solar projects.
— Michael Thomas (@curious_founder) November 18, 2022
This group has passed clean energy opposition laws in states across the country.
Here's the story of one man who has been doing this for 10+ years.
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Last week someone sent me dozens on internal documents from a fossil fuel trade group.
— Michael Thomas (@curious_founder) January 19, 2023
They reveal a massive greenwashing campaign that aims to convince Americans that propane (a fossil fuel) is good for the environment.
The campaign has already reached 300m+ people.
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"Why was 1934 the warmest year in the US?" I was asked today. Climate scientists often get strawman questions. so my response is, "It wasn't." But then ask, "Why do you think it is?" to turn the conversation to the motivation--which is what really matters! https://t.co/jHo61hBHMF pic.twitter.com/cGcNS5Qmn3
— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) March 29, 2023
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