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"The fossil fuel industry, political lobbyists, media moguls and
individuals have spent the past 30 years sowing doubt about the reality
of climate change - where none exists. The latest estimate is that the
world’s five largest publicly-owned oil and gas companies spend about
US$200 million a year on lobbying to control, delay or block binding
climate policy.
Their hold on the public seems to be waning. Two recent polls suggested
over 75% of Americans think humans are causing climate change. School
climate strikes, Extinction Rebellion protests, national governments
declaring a climate emergency, improved media coverage of climate change
and an increasing number of extreme weather events have all contributed
to this shift. There also seems to be a renewed optimism that we can
deal with the crisis.
But this means lobbying has changed, now employing more subtle and more
vicious approaches – what has been termed as “climate sadism”. It is
used to mock young people going on climate protests and to ridicule
Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old young woman with Asperger’s, who is simply
telling the scientific truth."
Via Jim Douglas and Paul Ferguson.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics