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These researchers are trying to stop misinformation from derailing climate progress | NPR
by Shannon Bond
November 12, 2021
Sean Buchan has started every day of the past two weeks at his computer, tracking narratives about the COP26 U.N.…
Our AI is exposing climate misinformation throughout COP26 | New Scientist
by Bill Posters
November 12, 2021
There is a kind of climate pollution that we can’t see clearly. It isn’t in our rivers, lands or skies,…
COP26 summit puts spotlight on climate misinformation online | The Washington Post
by Cristiano Lima
November 5, 2021
The United Nations COP26 summit is bringing fresh scrutiny to the spread of misleading climate information online, with critics of…
Toxic Ten: How 10 fringe publishers fuel 69% of digital climate change denial | Center for Countering Digital Hate
by Center for Countering Digital Hate
November 4, 2021
The science is undeniable - human activity is warming our planet at an ever-accelerating rate and leading to catastrophic climate…
Big Oil Gets Grilled by Congress Over Climate Disinformation | Foreign Policy
by Anna Weber
November 2, 2021
On Thursday, top executives from Exxon Mobil, BP America, Chevron, and Shell—some of America’s largest oil companies—testified for the first…
Exclusive: Twitter takes aim at climate misinformation during COP26 | Axios
by Sara Fischer
November 2, 2021
Twitter on Monday said it will be making authoritative information about climate change more accessible to users during this year's United…
Is it worth trying to sway the most staunch climate deniers? | ScienceDaily
by Jessica Colarossi
November 1, 2021
Thanks to algorithms that learn about social media users' content preferences, Facebook timelines, Twitter feeds, suggested YouTube videos, and other…
Climate change misinformation fools too many people – but there are ways to combat it | The Conversation
by Mikey Biddlestone and Sander van der Linden
October 29, 2021
In recent decades, people in the UK have watched climate change shift from being an abstract threat discussed on the…
Covid-19 disinformation collides with climate conspiracy theories in Italy | Coda Story
by Martina Biino
October 29, 2021
Federico di Ceglie sounded convincing. There was something almost reassuring about the slow and deliberate way the 21-year-old law student…