https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/579797/cop30-minister-defends-nz-s-lack-of-committment-to-phasing-out-fossil-fuels
Watts was not worried that New Zealand was awarded "[https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/579203/new-zealand-awarded-dubious-fossil-of-the-day-at-cop30-climate-talks

Fossil of the Day]" for the fourth time in five years, for its decision to weaken methane emissions policies.

"It's not a serious award, we don't see it in that light," he said. #nzpol #climatecrisis #fossilawards #climatechangedenial #cowards

Interesting stuff for the ones interested in the continuing discussion about climate change deniers vs consensus.

https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/climate-change-deniers-vs-the-consensus/

#ClimateChange #Climate #ClimateChaos #Denial #ClimateChangeDenial #StopOil #Collapse #Extinction

#ClimateChangeDenial

"In August 2016, months after Houston had been hit by the second of two back-to-back 'hundred year floods,' Mike Talbott, then the head of Houston’s flood control district, told The Texas Tribune and ProPublica that he still had no plans to study climate change or its potential impacts on the county — Harris, the third-largest in the nation — that he was charged with protecting. Talbott criticized scientists for being 'anti-development,' and not only ignored but denigrated studies — even those conducted by his own department, one of which he called 'absurd' — that suggested development was worsening flooding, or that urged him to leave prairies intact to absorb floodwaters. When the Tribune told Talbott that a host of scientific experts had said the contrary, his reply was blunt.

'You need to find some better experts,' he said. When asked for names, the Tribune reported, Talbott would only say, 'starting here, with me.'

Almost exactly one year later, Harvey made landfall.

Climate change denial should be a crime

In the wake of Harvey, it’s time to treat science denial as gross negligence—and hold those who do the denying accountable."

https://theoutline.com/post/2202/climate-change-denial-should-be-a-crime

Luxon is completely incapable of understanding other people. It's just "it's an entitlement" over and over and over and...

PM #Luxon asks #Labour leader to support offshore #gas exploration | RNZ News
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/574530/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-asks-labour-leader-chris-hipkins-to-support-offshore-gas-exploration
#nzpol #climatechange #climatechangedenial #rnz

CNN: Climate.gov will re-launch under new URL thanks to a secret team of web ninjas. “A small group of about 10 writers, researchers and web development ninjas are launching an ambitious effort to preserve key climate data that the Trump administration has taken offline, including a landmark, congressionally mandated report and the contents of the climate.gov website.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/31/cnn-climate-gov-will-re-launch-under-new-url-thanks-to-a-secret-team-of-web-ninjas/

"Revealed: How the Meat Industry Uses Environmental Groups to Make Beef Seem Climate-Friendly"

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“They put this huge spotlight, with the help of [non-governmental organizations], on these marginally effective practices,” she said. “This is what I call the ‘positive-side-of-the-ledger’ approach, which Big Ag does a lot: Just focus your big spotlight on the positive stuff and completely ignore the overall system and the overall indicators.”
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https://www.desmog.com/2025/08/06/revealed-how-the-meat-industry-uses-environmental-groups-to-make-beef-seem-climate-friendly/

By @desmog.com

#meat #Bigmeat #beef #industry #capitalism #climate #protein #WWF #NatureConservancy #astroturfing #lobbying #climateRegulations #influencePeddling #FAO #regenerativeGrazing #grifters #sustainability #soil #carbonSequestration #climateDenial #climateChange #climateChangeDenial

AI being used as a weapon against saving the Earth. Somehow that tracks.

#AI #aiweaponisation #climatechangedenial #climatechangemyths

A Weaponized AI Chatbot Is Flooding Canadian City Councils with Climate Misinformation - DeSmog https://www.desmog.com/2025/05/28/a-weaponized-ai-chatbot-is-flooding-canadian-city-councils-with-climate-misinformation/