© SAUL LOEB / AFPRight-wing ideologues funded by fossil fuels, fame-seeking narcissists and doubt mongers monetising their content are pushing climate disinformation that undermines the fight against global warming, researchers say.Experts interviewed by AFP outlined six key things that motivate people to deny climate change or seek to delay action.
Since the mid-2000s, the funding has largely been channelled through philanthropic groups that conceal their donations. "There is a large element of grift taking place in the online space. By cultivating a brand as these contrarian, intellectual Dark Web pundits, they gain increasing prominence on social media platforms," she said.
"People who are committed to unregulated free markets find it impossible to accept the science because the implications of the science are that we have to have regulations or a price on carbon," he told AFP.Some of the most widely shared social media posts come from politicians –- such as US ex-president Donald Trump's repeated claims on Twitter that snowfall was evidence against global warming.
Nobody denies climate change. Why don't you fact-check the paid shills who pronounce global warming is caused by a minuscule change in levels of CO2? A trace gas. Answer: We have to do what our handlers tell us.
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