Sadly it's a global pandemic of stupidity and paid trolls screaming conspiracies!

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£3.5m of #Tory #donations linked to #pollution and #ClimateDenial, says report | #ClimateCrisis | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/30/tory-partys-35m-dirty-donations-revealed-by-desmog-analysis

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● NEWS ● #DeSmog #Climate ☞ ‘Don’t Look Up’: Hollywood’s Primer on #ClimateDenial Illustrates 5 Myths That Fuel Rejection of Science https://www.desmog.com/2022/01/12/dont-look-up-movie-climate-denial-myths-rejection-science/

‘Don’t Look Up’: Hollywood’s Primer on Climate Denial Illustrates 5 Myths That Fuel Rejection of Science

By Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California and Barbara K. Hofer, Middlebury. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Every disaster movie seems to open with a scientist...

Oil companies stopped pushing overt climate denial more than a decade ago. And while conspiracy theories claiming climate change is a hoax may surface occasionally, they are no longer an effective strategy.

Instead, the fossil fuel industry, utilities and the various trade groups, politicians and think tanks that carry water for both, have pivoted to messages that acknowledge the problem, but downplay its severity and the urgency for solutions. Instead companies are overstating the industry’s progress toward addressing climate change.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/09/big-oil-delay-tactics-new-climate-science-denial

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Big Oil's Tactics to Delay Climate Action Are the New Climate Denialism

Researchers say the fossil fuel industry has a new tool to delay efforts to curb emissions: a "social justice" strategy.

Climate Denial, Covid Denial and the Right’s Descent

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Opinion | Climate Denial, Covid Denial and the Right’s Descent

It’s not as bad as you thought. It’s worse.

The Denialist Playbook

... In brief, the six principal plays in the denialist playbook are:

1. Doubt the Science
2. Question Scientists’ Motives and Integrity
3. Magnify Disagreements among Scientists and Cite Gadflies as Authorities
4. Exaggerate Potential Harm Appeal to Personal Freedom
5. Reject Whatever Would Repudiate A Key Philosophy

The purpose of the denialism playbook is to advance rhetorical arguments that give the appearance of legitimate debate when there is none. My purpose here is to penetrate that rhetorical fog, and to show that these are the predictable tactics of those clinging to an untenable position. If we hope to find any cure for (or vaccine against) science denialism, scientists, journalists and the public need to be able recognize, understand and anticipate these plays. ...

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-denialist-playbook/

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The Denialist Playbook

On vaccines, evolution, and more, rejection of science has followed a familiar pattern