The story is a long opinion piece pretending to be an analysis. There is no real research, backing up any of the allegations in this article.

Senate launches inquiry into who is funding fake astroturf anti-renewables groups The Senate has launched an inquiry into the dark money funding anti-renewables astroturfing groups, and deliberately misleading anti-climate campaigns.

Australia moves to hold climate deniers accountable. reneweconomy.com.au/senate-launc...

EPA embraces climate denial arguments.

thehill.com/policy/energ...

Accounting for methane from natural gas infrastructure in United States greenhouse gas emission estimates The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that United States net greenhouse gas emissions have declined over the last two decades and are no…

U.S. greenhouse gas reductions are only 5% not 17% when you take into account methane leaks. Natural gas is a bridge to nowhere. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Isn’t that the description of pundits?

This is news? The IPCC has been saying that for decades.

Yes, local groups have some power. But there is no real presence regarding national policy or budget decisions.

Professionalization, foundation steering, the scientization of politics, and the embrace of technocratic neoliberalism has eviscerated the environmental movement’s political power.

It’s not just EDF. Most of the main groups are constructions of foundations. They have no political power, as demonstrated by what is happening to EPA and NOAA.

Where are the grassroots now? The big environmental groups have no real members and no grassroots mobilization capacity.

Barry Commoner was right.

The co-optation of the environmental movement has been going on since the early 1980s when Bruce Harrison developed his plan to control environmental concerns. We are now seeing the end result of the corporate takeover of environmentalism.

We are watching the dismantling of over 50 years of effort to build up institutions to protect the environment. The environmental movement is powerless to stop this.

The environmental movement has apparently no power to do anything to protect critical government programs.

The powerlessness of the environmentalists is astonishing.

 This polling does not address saliency of climate change versus other issues. The Gallup data is the only survey. I know that does that for decades it is consistently shown that climate is not considered among the top priority issues.

Forthcoming from Oxford University Press September 30, 2025. Online version available free when released. Advance order of hard copy now available: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

This book details the extensive peer reviewed science on climate obstruction. See the Table of Contents.

@naomioreskes.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social @elizkolbert.bsky.social Page Proofs Arrive! New state of the art volume on the social science of climate obstruction reaches a critical milestone. Due out this coming fall!

Most Important Problem What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today? [Open-ended]

Official historical Gallup poll data available here: news.gallup.com/poll/1675/mo...

But even among Democrats, environment was ranked #9 out of 14 issues. Environment has been a low salience issue for decades. In December 2024, the Gallup poll ranked Environment/Climate Change as #20 out of 31 problems, with 2% saying that was the most important problem.

We have been missing the adults for nearly 50 years on climate!

Exxon and Chevron Report Lower Profits While Girding for Tariffs (Gift Article) President Trump’s trade policies have helped to push down oil prices while raising the costs of materials for oil and gas companies.

Drill Baby Drill doesn't seem to be working out so well for Big Oil. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/b...

Hawaii Announced a Climate Lawsuit. So the Government Sued Hawaii First. (Gift Article) In an unusual move, the Trump administration pre-emptively sued Hawaii and Michigan to try to stop them from suing oil companies over global warming.

The litigation battle continues. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/c...

I’m waiting for the Heritage Foundation to identify the error. AEI might be trying to retain some of its reputation as a “think” tank. Heritage gave that up during the first Trump administration.

Not unexpected!

Good to see a passionate defense of local social security offices. Time for Democrats to organize rallies in defense of social security.

They haven’t started in Alstead NH yet. It should be soon.

US Coast Guard Academy Censors ‘Climate Change’ From Its Curriculum - Inside Climate News The terminology will be stricken in classes for future officers in a service that confronts global warming every day, a move some say will weaken it.

Coast Guard Academy promotes ideological indoctrination over serious education. Without academic freedom, how can this institution be considered to be engaging in "higher education"? insideclimatenews.org/news/0703202...