US school infiltration attempt by Heartland’s IPCC Parody by gpwayne generated the most comments of the articles posted during the past week. Many commenters advocated the need for someone to create detailed rebuttal of the faux report distributed to elementary and high school teachers throughout the U.S. by the infamous climate denier think-tank, the Heartland Institute.
h/t to I Heart Climate Scientists
But indigenous peoples in Canada blocking fossil fuel developments are taking the lead in combatting climate change, he said. (Noam) Chomsky highlighted indigenous opposition to the Alberta tar sands, the oil deposit that is Canada's fastest growing source of carbon emissions and is slated for massive expansion despite attracting international criticism and protest.
"It is pretty ironic that the so-called 'least advanced' people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction," said Chomsky.
Noam Chomsky slams Canada's shale gas energy plans by Martin Lukacs, The Guardian, Nov 1, 2013
Ben at Wotts Up with That draws heavily from Climate Change Cluedo: Anthropogenic CO2 in his essay, Henry's Law.
In his Planet OZ/Guardian blog post, Missing logic of Australian prime minister's denial of climate change link to bushfires, Graham Readfern writes:
Popular debunking websiteSkeptical Science also looks in detail at climate sceptic myths and ranks "climate has changed before" as the most popular of all denier talking points.
The TCP is referenced and linked to in Oliver Milman's Guardian article,One third of Australia's media coverage rejects climate science, study finds:
There were 97% of comment pieces in the Herald Sun which either questioned or rejected the view of the vast majority of climate scientists – which has ironically also been measured at 97%
The TCP is also referenced and linked to in Graham Readfern's DeSmog Blog post, Australia's Murdoch Newspapers Lying to Public About Climate Change, Says Study Author.
In the Media Matters article,Climate Denial Letters In Top US Newspapers, the SKS rebuttal article,Sun and climate moving in opposite directions is referenced and linked to.
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Posted by John Hartz on Sunday, 3 November, 2013
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