Jean-Baptiste Fressoz

Revealed: US climate denial group working with European far-right parties Representatives of Heartland Institute linking up with MEPs to campaign against environmental policies Helena Horton, Sam Bright and Clare Carlile Wed 22 Jan 2025 13.01 CET Last modified on Wed 22 Jan 2025 14.27 CET Climate science deniers from a US-based thinktank have been working with rightwing politicians in Europe to campaign against environmental policies, the Guardian can reveal. MEPs have been accused of “rolling out the red carpet for climate deniers” to give them a platform in the European parliament, amid warnings of a “revival of grotesque climate denialism”.

« le coup de la banquise antarctique »… Parmi les milliers de posts climatosceptiques ou dénialistes qui circulent sur les réseaux sociaux, il y a celui qui reprend des graphiques censés « prouver » que l’antarctique serait, contrairement aux « discours alarmistes des réchauffistes » (!), en expansion constante…

As the world’s largest gathering of Earth and space scientists swarmed a Washington venue last week, the packed halls have been permeated by an air of anxiety and even dread over a new Donald Trump presidency that might worsen what has been a bruising few years for science.

The Center for Countering Digital Hate put out a new report a few days ago, in which they warn that climate misinformation continuous to flourish on YouTube. They want YouTube to take more action. I had a look and I don't like what I read.

David Chavalarias est mathématicien en sciences-sociales. Directeur de recherche au CNRS (Institut des systèmes complexes Paris IdF). Co-auteur du rapport sur "Les nouveaux fronts du dénialisme et du climato-scepticisme. Deux années d'échanges sur Twitter".

As those most responsible for the crisis recede into history, our energy is better spent responding to the world we have created

Now it’s a straight fight for survival. The Glasgow Climate Pact, for all its restrained and diplomatic language, looks like a suicide pact. After so many squandered years of denial, distraction and delay, it’s too late for incremental change.

For the organizations looking to stall climate action, climate denial has become passé. Instead, they have turned to carbon shaming, it’s-too-late climate doomism, and stirring up fights among climate advocates, all to paralyze behaviors and policies that could help us fight climate change.

The Daily Express removed an article quoting a prominent climate science denier, after an energy company that claims to sell power that is “good for the planet” and “good for your soul” said it was reviewing whether to remove its advertising from the website.

The author and eminent climate scientist on the deniers’ new tactics and why positive change feels closer than it has done in 20 years