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

The Guardian
Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia

@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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