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us/ChatGPT and Other Generative AI Could Foster Science Denial and Misunderstanding – Here’s How You Can Be on Alert
By Gale Sinatra and Barbara K. Hofer, The Conversation
on
Generative AIs may make up information they serve you, meaning they may potentially spread science misinformation. Here's how to check the accuracy of what you read in an AI-enhanced media landscape.
Corporate greenwashing is on the rise as companies face more pressure to respond to climate change. Credit: Devon Buchanan (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Why Polluters’ Greenwashing Works and How to Fight It
By Stella Levantesi
on
Greenwashing has disturbingly persistent effects, which is why countering it is essential.
Car under the Seine, floods in Paris, rue Eugène Poubelle, June 2016
us/Expert Panel Warns Journalists of Coordinated Climate Disinformation Campaigns
By Gaye Taylor, The Energy Mix
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Deliberate efforts to spread climate falsehoods are often more about maintaining corporate profits than competing political ideologies.
Fiery sunrise over the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., with the Jefferson Memorial on the far shore.
The Chilling Question About This Week's Record Heat Wave
By Mitchell Beer, The Energy Mix Weekender
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We may soon remember recent record-shattering heat as an historic low temperature mark. But that hasn't slowed down the oil and gas spin machine.
Wall Street, New York City. Credit: Alex Proimos / Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0
Four-Fifths of Board Members at America’s Top Six Banks are Climate Conflicted
By Rachel Sherrington
on
High level links between polluting sectors and bank directors could be acting as a block to climate action, campaigners warn.
An aerial view of the 2013 train disaster in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. Credit: Bureau de la sécurité des transports du Canada (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
us/The Railroad Industry Loved Modern Brakes and Safety, Until They Didn’t
By Justin Mikulka
on
Science and data shows that ECP brakes help prevent rail accidents like the recent one in Ohio. So why won't the industry embrace them?
Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway with the cover of their new book, The Big Myth. Credit: Oreskes photo by Kayana Szymczak and Conway photo by Andrea Donnellan
How the Electric Utilities Industry Created One of the 'Largest' Propaganda Campaigns in U.S. History
By Steve Horn
on
New book The Big Myth tackles the roots of “market fundamentalism” ideology.
Author, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit. Credit: Trent Davis Bailey
Hope Amid Climate Chaos: A Conversation with Rebecca Solnit
By Stella Levantesi
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The writer and activist shares her thoughts on the climate movement's wins, the key difference between optimism and hope, and the "clarifying" violence climate activists face.
A roughneck in a red hard hat operates the pipe ramp on the oil rig Citadel Rig 6.
Big Oil’s Trade Group Allies Outspent Clean Energy Groups by a Whopping 27 Times
By Guest
on
Collectively, trade associations like the American Petroleum Institute have spent billions in ads and lobbying to keep fossil fuels flowing.
Bottom of red cooking pot sitting on a gas stove with blue flames
Why Gas Stoves Matter to the Climate – and the Gas Industry
By Guest
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Keeping them means homes will use gas for heating too, explains Rice University professor Daniel Cohan.

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us/ChatGPT and Other Generative AI Could Foster Science Denial and Misunderstanding – Here’s How You Can Be on Alert
ByGale Sinatra and Barbara K. Hofer, The Conversation
on
Generative AIs may make up information they serve you, meaning they may potentially spread science misinformation. Here's how to check the accuracy of what you read in an AI-enhanced media landscape.
Code on a computer monitor.
Opinion
Analysis
Why Polluters’ Greenwashing Works and How to Fight It
ByStella Levantesi
on
Greenwashing has disturbingly persistent effects, which is why countering it is essential.
Series: Gaslit
Corporate greenwashing is on the rise as companies face more pressure to respond to climate change. Credit: Devon Buchanan (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Analysis
us/Expert Panel Warns Journalists of Coordinated Climate Disinformation Campaigns
ByGaye Taylor, The Energy Mix
on
Deliberate efforts to spread climate falsehoods are often more about maintaining corporate profits than competing political ideologies.
Car under the Seine, floods in Paris, rue Eugène Poubelle, June 2016
Opinion
Analysis
The Chilling Question About This Week's Record Heat Wave
ByMitchell Beer, The Energy Mix Weekender
on
We may soon remember recent record-shattering heat as an historic low temperature mark. But that hasn't slowed down the oil and gas spin machine.
Fiery sunrise over the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., with the Jefferson Memorial on the far shore.
Analysis
Four-Fifths of Board Members at America’s Top Six Banks are Climate Conflicted
ByRachel Sherrington
on
High level links between polluting sectors and bank directors could be acting as a block to climate action, campaigners warn.
Series: Climate-conflicted bank directors
Wall Street, New York City. Credit: Alex Proimos / Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0
Analysis
us/The Railroad Industry Loved Modern Brakes and Safety, Until They Didn’t
ByJustin Mikulka
on
Science and data shows that ECP brakes help prevent rail accidents like the recent one in Ohio. So why won't the industry embrace them?
Series: Oil Bomb Trains
An aerial view of the 2013 train disaster in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. Credit: Bureau de la sécurité des transports du Canada (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Opinion
Analysis
How the Electric Utilities Industry Created One of the 'Largest' Propaganda Campaigns in U.S. History
BySteve Horn
on
New book The Big Myth tackles the roots of “market fundamentalism” ideology.
Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway with the cover of their new book, The Big Myth. Credit: Oreskes photo by Kayana Szymczak and Conway photo by Andrea Donnellan
Opinion
Analysis
Hope Amid Climate Chaos: A Conversation with Rebecca Solnit
ByStella Levantesi
on
The writer and activist shares her thoughts on the climate movement's wins, the key difference between optimism and hope, and the "clarifying" violence climate activists face.
Series: Gaslit
Author, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit. Credit: Trent Davis Bailey
Analysis
Big Oil’s Trade Group Allies Outspent Clean Energy Groups by a Whopping 27 Times
ByGuest
on
Collectively, trade associations like the American Petroleum Institute have spent billions in ads and lobbying to keep fossil fuels flowing.
A roughneck in a red hard hat operates the pipe ramp on the oil rig Citadel Rig 6.
Analysis
Why Gas Stoves Matter to the Climate – and the Gas Industry
ByGuest
on
Keeping them means homes will use gas for heating too, explains Rice University professor Daniel Cohan.
Bottom of red cooking pot sitting on a gas stove with blue flames