Climate science scepticism and denial

Head of World Bank under pressure after White House condemns his ‘climate denial’ comments

David Malpass apologises after saying he ‘doesn’t know’ if he accepts climate science

Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent

25, Sep, 2022 @8:00 AM

Jacob Rees-Mogg, who decried ‘climate alarmism’, to take on UK energy brief

Former Brexit opportunities minister becomes business and energy secretary in Liz Truss’s first cabinet

Pippa Crerar, Helena Horton and Rowena Mason

06, Sep, 2022 @11:06 PM

I’ve had a long battle with climate despair. Now I’m leaving the ‘denial machine’ to their demons | Clive Hamilton

As those most responsible for the crisis recede into history, our energy is better spent responding to the world we have created

Clive Hamilton

06, Sep, 2022 @5:30 PM

Whether you’re a climate ‘doomer’ or ‘appeaser’, it’s best to prepare for the worst | Bill McGuire

Sticking to the precautionary principle is just plain common sense, says Bill McGuire, professor of geophysical and climate hazards

Bill McGuire

22, Aug, 2022 @7:00 AM

Suella Braverman received £10,000 leadership bid donation from prominent climate denier’s firm

Attorney general declared the donation from company owned by Terence Mordaunt, who chaired the climate sceptic thinktank Global Warming Policy Foundation

Andrew Sparrow and agency

11, Aug, 2022 @6:58 PM

Gather round kids, let me tell you who’s REALLY responsible for the climate wars | First Dog on the Moon

The Scott government were wicked envirovandals and now Labor has a huge and clever plan! Just don’t ask me what it is …

First Dog on the Moon

20, Jul, 2022 @5:52 AM

The Paris-sized blind spot in the Coalition’s climate target debate | Temperature Check

Coalition MPs consider the party’s climate target as the Albanese government locks in 43%, and Sky News’s Rowan Dean asks questions that have already been answered

Graham Readfearn

22, Jun, 2022 @5:30 PM

Truthful climate reporting shifts viewpoints, but only briefly, study finds

Researchers gauged responses to climate science versus scepticism and suggest facts bear repeating

Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

20, Jun, 2022 @7:00 PM

Climate sceptic thinktank reported to charity commission over fossil fuel interest funding

Global Warming Policy Foundation is lobby group not charity and brings no public good, say signatories

Helena Horton Environment reporter

23, May, 2022 @5:00 AM

Twitter uses Earth Day to announce ban on climate denialism ads

The platform has been a source of a growing wave of climate misinformation and said denialism ‘shouldn’t be monetized’

Maya Yang

23, Apr, 2022 @8:55 PM

Tory MP Steve Baker shares paper denying climate crisis

Green Alliance says ‘mask has slipped’ as member of Net Zero Scrutiny Group shares scientist’s paper on Twitter