Richard Michael BlaberFeb 21
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/21/under-water-in-denial-is-europe-drowning-out-the-climate-crisis. As the #planet heats up, the #climatechange #deniers get more & more vocal & influential, @GeraldKutney, to the detriment of all of us. The #facts aren't changing, just because they refuse to accept them.
Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis?

Even as weather extremes worsen, the voices calling for the rolling back of environmental rules have grown louder and more influential

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Deniers =

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Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia

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@gsymon @GeraldKutney But not just this - there is also the influence of ideology, religion (at least in some cases, see my https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/ryk2n_v1) & the #fossilfuel industry & its lobbyists, inter alia.
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