Is Google profiting from climate denialism?

While #Australia burned, Google took money from a think tank funded by fossil fuel companies to spread misinformation about #ClimateChange, a new report claims.

Report today from Crikey:

https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/11/08/google-climate-change-denying-ads-people-seeking-bushfire-information/

Anatomy of a conspiracy theory: stairgate and the Republicanisation of Australian conservatism

The conspiracy theories around the 2021 accident of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews have found their way to the front page of the Herald Sun. It might be a first for Australian journalism.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/11/07/daniel-andrews-stairgate-accident-conspiracy-theory/

Thanks to @Colarusso, the #LawFedi spreadsheet now has a separate page with a CSV list that you can upload to Mastodon and a page with instructions on how to do that.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nE8WxgwTFCuVeFA8ZfOW0qonJTSnI_d6EBSJ4E9JqtI/edit?usp=sharing

You can join the list by completing this form: https://forms.gle/LGssCH45oKqMwdZ28

I keep an eye on the list for spam/mistakes.

HELP NEEDED: Please help me help everyone find Australian #climate and #energy advocates, communicators and educators on this hairy elephant app.

Can you please

1. Boost this post (boosting is just the mastodon name for a retweet)?
2. Reply with the full @username@server
handle for everyone you know who fits that category?

This way lots of people can add to the list, so I can get a reasonably full one. As ever in this space, it'd be great to avoid the list being all white men so if you can turn your mind to that, it'd be wonderful.

Like Santa, I'm making a list and checking it twice. I'll also make it public.

#scicomm #climatecrisis #Australia

Check out the trailer for the Doing Science Differently podcast. The first episode will be released tomorrow.

https://doingsciencedifferently.start.page

Each week in November, the podcast will cover a complex issue facing research, from reproducibility to mental health. Guests introduce their initiatives, and provide resources and inspiration for how we can all be #DoingScienceDifferently.

The podcast was created by a talented team of early career researchers in the SPOKES Think Tank program.