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How To Beat Fossil Fuel Nazis

2024-12-03T21:38:49+00:00December 3rd, 2024|Climate Change Denial and Misinformation, Climate Fascism, Climate politics, Climate Strategy|

 - To Fight Right Wing Climate Fascism Follow Sefton Delmer  (trigger warning – profanity ahead) In America, we now live in a full blown world of climate disinformation, propaganda, and political obstruction. The climate issue and politics are inextricably linked. One side has formed a coalition of fossil fuel [...]

Does the Election Reflect Our Stories About the Climate Challenge?

2024-11-15T21:21:37+00:00November 15th, 2024|Climate Communications, Climate politics|

When we look back at the election or the climate challenge, we will see that our success was determined by the stories we told. Politics and climate are now inextricably linked. So we can also apply the same observations about political stories to the stories we tell about the [...]

I believe…

2024-11-04T18:35:37+00:00November 4th, 2024|Climate politics|

Regardless of where we come from, the color of our skin, or where we live, I believe in empathy and solidarity, because everyone matters, even people we don’t know. I believe in decency, rather than fear and hate. I believe in mutual responsibility in addition to individual responsibility, because [...]

The Language of Political Violence and Climate

2024-07-20T17:02:07+00:00July 19th, 2024|Climate Change Denial and Misinformation, Climate Communications, Climate politics|

Why do Exxon Mobil and Donald Trump get to determine the fate of our children and a livable planet? Both use the language of violence. Both are a huge threat to our future and democracy. Both are connected. Our leaders are calling for us to calm our rhetoric in [...]

How To Deal With Lying Climate Denialists and Their Lying Ways

2024-07-10T21:47:58+00:00July 7th, 2024|Climate Change Denial and Misinformation, Climate Communications, Climate politics, Environmental Messaging|

"For the first time in its history, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has named the spread of climate misinformation as an obstruction to climate action, particularly in the United States.[i]" The question becomes, how do we deal with this onslaught of misinformation and disinformation? The first step is [...]

Rising Tides of Concern: Why the Next Year Holds the Key to Our Climate Future

2023-12-04T18:32:19+00:00December 1st, 2023|Actions You Can Take, Climate politics, Climate Strategy, Reasons for Acting|

I have a confession. I read eclectically, and a portion of what I read is absurd. I am fascinated by Bigfoot, aliens, and Elvis. It’s not that I believe in Bigfoot or aliens, but I am curious this may be a reality for others. I guess it makes me [...]

House Speaker Mike Johnson, Climate Skeptic or Climate Denier?

2023-10-27T16:31:55+00:00October 26th, 2023|Climate Change Denial and Misinformation, Climate Communications, Climate politics, Language|

Choose Your Climate Label Carefully... The new House Speaker, Mike Johnson, has been described in headlines by the Guardian, US Energy News, the Hill, and many other media outlets as a “Climate Skeptic.” Most of the articles identify his connection with the fossil fuel industry, and his 100% rating [...]

We’re Losing the Climate War to Fossil Fuel Corporations and Republican Extremists, and We Don’t Even Know It

2023-08-09T15:58:58+00:00August 9th, 2023|Actions You Can Take, Climate Communications, Climate politics, Identity|

According to Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of the of the Yale Project of Climate Communication, “We are in a propaganda war with the fossil fuel industry, but we aren’t even on the battlefield.” To which I will add, that we don’t even know we’re in a war, or if we [...]

Book Review: The Activist’s Media Handbook – Lessons from Fifty Years as a Progressive Agitator

2023-02-22T18:37:57+00:00February 22nd, 2023|Book Review, Climate Communications, Climate politics, Stories|

David Fenton’s new book is a must read for any climate justice activist or climate communications professional under the age of 40. For anyone over that age, it is also a delightfully raucous walk through the history of liberal movements when activism was fun. For all, it illustrates the [...]

So You Want To Ban Gas Stoves? Oops.

2023-03-01T17:06:06+00:00February 16th, 2023|Climate Communications, Climate politics, Climate Strategy, Environmental Messaging, Framing, Language|

The Strategy and Language of the Gas Stove Culture Wars So you want to “ban” gas stoves? A firestorm erupted in January over the pollution of gas stoves. As climate activists, we reacted without a solid strategy and without testing the language we are using. Consequently, we may lose [...]

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