The new lies spreading about climate change

New strains of wrong information about climate change are spread, aimed at slowing the growth of renewable energy needed to fix the problem.

Instead of denying the mountains of evidence that shows that humans cause climate change, the most modern conversation points aim to mislead people by suspicion of potential solutions. Renewable energy began to take off as a more expensive and sustainable alternative to coal, oil and gas. The leaders of the fossil fuel industry and their allies – may see themselves with support from an angle – has a hub for more malicious ways to continue selling their products and obstructing competition.

One of the clearest pictures has been published so far from how everything has just decreased by the ICRC around the IPIE. “What appears is a picture of the strategic turmoil-honestly designed to look moderate, reasonable and support the data, while hindering the work quietly,” Ebay says in its summary of policy makers.

The report indicates that delay tactics can be considered “new denial”. This may be shown as inaccurate claims about the effect of renewable energy on the environment, or to blame the energy on the energy on renewable energy sources. We are not only talking about social media triminers – the wrong information can stem from the highest levels of strength. The report is President Donald Trump, who accepted his campaign of $ 74 million in contributions of oil and gas interests, as a “major influence” when it comes to the wrong information information.

There are legitimate concerns about the place of publishing renewable energy sources and how the source of the materials used in solar panels and turbines, as well as steps that can be taken to reduce the damage caused by mining and building a new infrastructure. But as we see with any kind of rumors, the truth beads can be detonated or twisted in a lie.

“We are dealing with intentionally distorted information environment,” Klaus Bron Ginsen, a professor at Copenhagen University and head of the IPIE Scientific Committee on Information on Climate Science, said in a press statement on June 20. “When companies, governments, and media platforms block climate facts, the result is paralysis.”

The iPie report combines 300 studies that include a contract for the search for climate misleading information. It was limited to the papers written in the English language, and reflects the scarcity of investment in studies outside the wealthy western countries.