Climate One Collaboration: Breaking Down Climate Misinformation

An episode of the Drilled podcast, hosted by Pushkin Industries, titled "Climate One Collaboration: Breaking Down Climate Misinformation" was published on April 15, 2022 and runs 59 minutes.

April 15, 2022 ·59m · Drilled

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Summary

Fossil fuel companies and others have spent decades casting doubt on climate science to allow them to continue to profit. As documented by climate communication expert John Cook and others, these strategies have taken many forms: deny, dismiss, delay,...

Episode Description

For decades, fossil fuel companies have cast doubt on climate science, delaying action and allowing them to profit. Climate communication experts, such as John Cook, have documented how such companies dismiss, delay, and deflect. They’ve also included a concerted effort to recast political speech, banned and regulated in some contexts, as protected free speech, giving corporations more leeway in broadcasting their messages. In this collaboration with Climate One, we trace the origins of the fossil fuel's free speech arguement and break down the tactics they use to spread misinformation.

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