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“The study finds that over a twenty year period, networks of actors promulgating scientific misinformation about #climatechange were increasingly integrated into the institution of US philanthropy.” iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…
“The degree of integration is predicted by funding ties to prominent corporate donors. These findings reveal new knowledge about large-scale efforts to distort public understanding of science and sow polarization.”
Which means you got conned by the polluters!
Which means you got conned by the polluters!
.@SenSchumer & I are leading a group of 24 senators in calling on the biggest lobbyist in Washington, the @USChamber, to begin advocating for the Democratic Caucus’s straightforward resolution calling for action on #climate change.
medium.com/senator-sheldo…
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That resolution is simple: it says
1⃣ #climatechange is real
2⃣caused by humans, and
3⃣Congress must take action now.
Those are things we know companies represented on the @USChamber’s board support.
1⃣ #climatechange is real
2⃣caused by humans, and
3⃣Congress must take action now.
Those are things we know companies represented on the @USChamber’s board support.
So the largest lobbying organization in the country ought to join us and act on behalf of its members who stand to benefit from a transition to a #cleanenergy economy.
It's #TimeToWakeUp
It's #TimeToWakeUp
I must respectfully disagree with my friend @SenJohnBarrasso ’s Op-Ed on the @nytimes.
I will explain why in this thread⬇️ nytimes.com/2018/12/18/opi…
I will explain why in this thread⬇️ nytimes.com/2018/12/18/opi…
1️⃣ The referendum result in Washington State looked like more relentless campaigning by the fossil fuel industry against #climate action;
without that industry onslaught, the #carbontax referendum there would probably have passed.
nytimes.com/2018/12/30/opi…
without that industry onslaught, the #carbontax referendum there would probably have passed.
nytimes.com/2018/12/30/opi…
2️⃣ A #carbontax is not “expensive,” as in our proposals all the money goes back to the public.
Taxing #carbon moves energy markets toward cheaper renewables.
On balance, people save money.
Don’t forget that the savings from avoiding #climate catastrophes are immense.
Taxing #carbon moves energy markets toward cheaper renewables.
On balance, people save money.
Don’t forget that the savings from avoiding #climate catastrophes are immense.
▶WATCH LIVE: #TimeToWakeUp: 24th Conference of the Parties(COP) pscp.tv/w/buA0XjFXTEVS…
For this week’s #TTWU speech, I discussed #COP24, the climate gathering happening right now in Poland. link.medium.com/PayAxIOxzS
The U.S. is present, but American leadership on climate change is decidedly absent because #darkmoney & sleazy operatives control @realDonaldTrump & the #Republicans.
THREAD: The effects of climate change are already manifesting themselves around us. From record-breaking fire seasons to drought and sea-level rise, California is witnessing a preview of things to come if we don’t act now to fight global warming. It’s #TimeToWakeUp.
Climate change is already threatening our coastal cities. San Francisco’s historic waterfront is being threatened and the seawall is in need of upgrading to handle stronger storms. This is what we can expect as temperatures continue to rise.
Antarctica holds 90 percent of the world’s ice, and the rate of ice melting and calving increased six-fold from 1994 to 2012. A six-time increase in ten years. If the West Antarctic ice sheet collapses it will eventually raise sea levels worldwide by 10 feet.
Over 6,500 hotels, malls, small businesses, apartments, and homes would be compromised or destroyed, and 20,000 residents would be displaced by a sea level rise. The economic cost of this damage? $19 billion. #TimeToWakeUp
We need our federal agencies to invest in research that better understands climate change’s long-term impact. But Trump has appointed – and his Republican allies in the Senate have confirmed – regressive, dangerous, and extreme nominees who are undermining critical research.
Our beaches draw in millions of visitors from around the world every year. Waikiki Beach alone generates $2.2 billion for Hawaii’s economy every year. And it could be completely submerged by the end of the century. #TimeToWakeUp
