Big Oilâs decades’ old campaign to deny, deceive and delay action on climate change has been thrust into the spotlight again after the Attorney Generals for Minnesota and the District of Columbia (D.C.) both launched legal action against the industry within 24 hours of each other.
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Avatar director: Tar sands Are âBlack Eyeâ to Canada
When faced with a PR battle, one of the fossil fuel industryâs tactics is to set up a supposed grass-roots organisation or âAstroturfâ organisation. So Citizens for the Environment had no citizens in it â it was just a front for big oil and other polluting industries. The Global Climate Coalition was also no such … Read More
A Message from the Warmists…
As a writer what I find interesting is the corruption of the language and the evidence by the sceptics. Yesterday I posted a blog that was based on Rolling Stoneâs list of the people they believe are doing to the most to undermine the international and US domestic effort on climate change. Obviously the post … Read More
Meet the Top Dozen “Climate Killers”
As promised from yesterday, here are the top dozen Climate Killers from Rolling Stones list. According to the magazine, âthe polluters and deniers are aiding Big Oil and Big Coal’s campaign to block progress on global warmingâ. I am sure you wonât agree with everyone on the list (as I donât) so here goes: 1.   … Read More
The Angry Mermaid Strikes Back
All the news reports this morning are that a deal at Copenhagen is dead. Barack Obama has said that we had run out of time to secure a deal in December. This will please the corporate lobbyists no end. The longer they can delay action on climate the better. But now Copenhagenâs iconic mermaid is … Read More
Awarding Deception on Climate
Will Nicolas Robin of Brussels-based lobbying firm Cabinet Stewart become âEuropean consultant of the yearâ when the winners of the âPublic Affairs News Awardsâ are announced on 5 July? Mr. Robin has been nominated for his work for the International Council for Capital Formation (ICCF), a subsidiary of the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF).