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Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2022-04-25): A dozen scientists, politicians, and campaigners say they have been tricked into participating in online events promoting climate-change denial. [...] The group has uploaded videos on YouTube falsely describing greenhouse gases as "the scam of the century". [...] The invitations "I have been tricked," Dr Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, in Bangladesh, said.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2023-01-25): PolitiFact has debunked similar claims about climate change being a hoax or scam in the past. [...] A Facebook post claimed climate change is the "most significant fraud perpetrated on humanity." [...] PolitiFact, "No, home mortgages don’t prove climate change is a scam," April 26, 2021
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2021-04-22): The claim: Human-caused climate change is a hoax [...] One Facebook user posted on April 19 claiming, among other things, that "man-made climate change (is a) scam." [...] The claim that human-caused climate change is a hoax is FALSE, based on our research. The scientific consensus is that climate change is a product of human-produced gases that trap heat on Earth. Both government organizations and papers in scientific journals have concluded with a high degree of certainty that climate change is human-made.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2019-05-08): Popular social media posts claim that climate change is a "made-up catastrophe," despite a large body of evidence that supports the scientific consensus that it is real. [...] But a post liked by thousands on Instagram and shared repeatedly throughout social media claims climate change isn’t real, calling it a "made-up catastrophe used by globalists & socialists to instill fear and guilt to tax, regulate, and remove our freedoms while pretending to be saving the planet." There’s a lot to unpack in that statement, but we’ll focus on the core falsehood: that climate change is a "made-up catastrophe."
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2023-01-22): If Your Time is short - Social media posts cherry-pick data to falsely claim that climate change isn't real. [...] "NOAA makes it official," reads a screenshot of a tweet from Junkscience.com founder Steve Milloy. "Last 8 years... global cooling... at a rate of 0.11°C/decade.... despite 450+ billion tons of emissions worth 14% of total manmade CO2 in the atmosphere. CO2 warming is a hoax." [...] But climate change isn’t a hoax, and human emissions of carbon dioxide contribute to global warming.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2023-10-05): To talk about the current state of climate disinformation, we checked in with three NPR reporters who have reported on climate, disinformation and the media — and they can answer our questions: Climate solutions reporter Julia Simon, media correspondent David Folkenflik, and reporter Huo Jingnan, who writes about conspiracy theories among other things. [...] Julia Simon: Climate disinformation in the past — sometimes paid for by fossil fuel interests — often related to false ideas that global warming is a scam or that the threat is overblown. Those falsehoods are still around, but what we're seeing a lot more of these days are attacks on climate solutions even if we don't always know who funds them. Think attacks on renewables. False ideas that wind turbines cause cancer or cause birth defects in animals. Disinformation may be spreading because solutions are really spreading. [...] David Folkenflik: Different kinds of false information spread in different ways. But if you're considering misleading claims about climate — that's predominantly on the right. And that involves an information ecosphere defined by Joe Rogan, as we heard above, but also Alex Jones, Breitbart, the Daily Wire, the Daily Mail, the New York Post, and above all Fox News.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2017-02-17): So, when people talk about climate change today, they mean anthropogenic (human-made) climate change. This is the warming of Earth’s average temperature as a result of human activity, such as burning coal, oil and gas to produce energy to fuel our homes and transport, and cutting down trees to produce the food we eat. You can read more about it here: How do we know climate change is real? [...] Climate change is a global issue, and we all have a responsibility to step up to tackle the climate crisis. The problem will not be solved unless all countries put in as much effort as they can and work together. Action on climate change will need serious investment but has the potential to deliver huge benefits for nature and people. We all need to raise our voices and fight for our world! [...] Climate change is the greatest environmental challenge the world has ever faced, but we have the solutions and we know nature can fight back. We need people all over the world to take action and join the fight for our world
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2010-03-29): Fighting The Global Warming Scam [...] Translate "Man-caused global warming is the biggest scam perpetrated against society since time began," says Jay Lehr, science director for the Heartland Institute. "The whole concept behind climate change is fear and control." [...] "The whole scam is based on mathematical models," Lehr explains. He adds none of those models anticipated nor accounted for the global cooling in 2007 that basically erased the 100 years of global warming preceding it.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2023-08-09): - Climate change is seen as part of Earth’s natural cycles and humans play a small role. Most of the 32 interviewees were in agreement that the Earth’s climate is changing, but they typically explained these changes as part of natural patterns over time, with humans described as having little control over these changes. Two interviewees expressed extreme skepticism, calling climate change a "hoax." [...] The emphasis on natural cycles was cited as a reason why humans have a limited role in affecting climate change. A few interviewees were skeptical of whether climate change is happening at all, with the two most skeptical interviewees saying that climate change is a hoax used only for political gains. [...] "Climate change is a hoax. It’s what politicians want people to believe. And if they want to do anything about it, in educating people, then truly put statistical, actual data together, and show how climate change and environmental changes have affected us as human beings." –Woman, 50s, Coastal Florida "I think it’s a hoax. I think it’s a joke. I mean, I just think like I said, it’s been politicized through the roof. I don’t know. It’s kind of funny when you think about it, that people are so ignorant and so gullible." –Woman, 40s, Mountain West
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2024-09-30): Trump sparks controversy for calling climate change a ‘scam’ as Hurricane Helene leaves trail of destruction [...] Donald Trump has sparked controversy for declaring that climate change is "one of the great scams" after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction, killing more than 100 people, across the southeast US. [...] Despite claiming that climate change is a "scam", Trump is planning to make a campaign stop in Georgia on Monday, one of the states hardest-hit by Hurricane Helene.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2023-08-25): "The climate change agenda is a hoax … The reality is more people are dying of bad climate change policies than they are of actual climate change." Many have interpreted Ramaswamy’s comment that the "climate change agenda is a hoax" as a flat statement that climate change is a hoax. But that doesn’t seem accurate, because a moment later he referred to deaths from "actual climate change." Instead, he appeared to be suggesting that policies used to stem climate change don’t deliver what they promise and thus are a hoax.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2024-09-22): An April 15, 2023, tweet by Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said climate change was a "scam", that "fossil fuels are natural and amazing", and that "there are some very powerful people that are getting rich beyond their wildest dreams convincing many that carbon is the enemy".[223] Her tweet included a chart that omitted carbon dioxide and methane[223]—the two most dominant greenhouse gas emissions.[224] [...] - ^ a b Al Webb (6 March 2007). "Global warming labeled a 'scam'". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. [...] - ^ a b Greene, Marjorie Taylor [@RepMTG] (15 April 2023). "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸" (Tweet). Hapeville, GA. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023 – via Twitter. described in Al-Arshani, Sarah (16 April 2023). "Marjorie Taylor Greene says climate change is a 'scam' and that fossil fuels are 'amazing'". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2010-04-22): Climategate: A Veteran Meteorologist Exposes the Global Warming Scam Hardcover – April 22, 2010 by Brian Sussman(Author) [...] In 2010, Brian wrote CLIMATEGATE: A Veteran Meteorologist Exposes the Global Warming Scam. The book was launched on Sean Hannity's TV show and soared to the top twenty of all books sold on Amazon. In 2012, Sussman released ECO-TYRANNY: How the Left's Green Agenda Will Dismantle America. [...] "This is a great expose of the global warming "scam"...." Read more "A very good read. Exposes the lies of climate change." Read more "Climate change and AGW are fully explained...." Read more
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2024-03-01): Republican leaders have staked out different positions on climate and energy issues. Some, including former President Donald Trump, have called climate change a "hoax" and downplayed the link between human activity and a warming planet. Others, including some congressional Republicans, have proposed policies to address climate change, such as supporting more nuclear power and the development of carbon capture technology.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2016-06-02): Trump may call the mention of China’s role a joke, but he certainly has a lengthy record of using the word "hoax" to describe climate change. (For the record, in 2014 we rated the claim that climate change is a "hoax" Pants on Fire.) [...] Trump also called climate change a "hoax" on the Jan. 6, 2014, edition of Fox & Friends. [...] However, Trump has repeatedly called climate change a "hoax" in speeches, tweets and media appearances, and while he hasn’t necessarily repeated the charge that China "invented" climate change, he has said as recently as Jan. 18, 2016, that action on climate change "is done for the benefit of China."
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2024-09-01): Hotter weather, less of a hoax? Testing the longitudinal association between experience of temperature anomalies and belief in climate change conspiracy theories [...] Climate change conspiracy beliefs are malleable to people's subjective experiences. While people across the world are experiencing hotter summers, there is still a considerable number of people who believe that climate change is a hoax. It thus raises the question of whether the experience of local temperature anomalies would influence people's beliefs about climate change conspiracy. To address this question, we conducted a two-wave longitudinal study with participants from the U.S. (Study 1) and mainland China (Study 2), respectively. We expect that the experience of temperature anomalies would serve as a cognitive proxy that counteracts the hoax conspiracy narratives and thus would be negatively related to belief in such narratives. We further explored whether this negative association would be related to less perceived psychological distance, stronger negative emotions, and more climate change-related information exposure; and whether it would be weaker among people who tended to interpret things in a conspiracist manner (i.e., conspiracy mentality). In Study 1, our results support the hypothesized links cross-sectionally and longitudinally on the subjective experience of hotter summer, except for climate change-related information exposure. In Study 2, we found only cross-sectional associations between the constructs, except for climate change-related information exposure.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2011-07-25): In Watermelons, The Green Movement's True Colors, British journalist/blogger James Delingpole promises to show that the man-made global warming is a fraud, one that has already cost billions of dollars and is a clear and present danger to our liberty and democratic traditions -- and, ironically, to the environment itself. [...] - Manipulate the data supporting the claims of a sudden and dangerous increase in the earth's temperature; [...] With the stakes this high, it should not be surprising that those who seek power have simply ignored the fraud and continue to press forward with their agenda to regulate "carbon" emissions. Note: This language too is part of the fraud. The emissions they seek to regulate are not dirty, sooty carbon, but carbon dioxide, that harmless gas that we exhale with every breadth.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2015-05-08): Australia PM's adviser says climate change a UN hoax - Published A top Australian government business adviser has said climate change is a hoax by the United Nations. [...] He also said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, external, which reviews and assesses scientific work relevant to climate change for the UN, had been exposed "repeatedly for misrepresentation and shoddy methods".
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2024-04-15): This issue is especially stark when it comes to the energy sector. Many tax benefits are supposed to encourage projects that will fight climate change. But instead, many of these benefits are lining the pockets of corporations for climate scams that do more harm than good. Ahead of Tax Day, we’re bringing you the top four worst climate scams we’re paying for right now. [...] Lawmakers must end funding for climate scams and dirty energy. We know the path to a livable climate, and it doesn’t involve propping up corporate boondoggles.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2023-08-20): All these purported "events" and more have been drilled into the heads of every American. Except — none of it is actually happening. Nothing about global warming has ever happened. It is all a hoax concocted by China. [...] In a separate memo, Muzong wrote a note in his own hand that roughly translates to "I adore climate misinformation and look forward to deceiving the West for 100 more years in collaboration with our Occidental lackeys, the Biden Crime Family." [...] Several years previously, the Chinese Communist Party had won the country’s civil war and established the People’s Republic of China. The little-noticed Chapter 2, Section VII of the new Chinese Constitution reads: "All aspects of society shall be continuously revolutionized, except like all previous Chinese governments, we’ll keep hoaxing Americans about global warming. One good way to do this is via our control of the U.S. Navy." Then it says, "Don’t put this part on the internet."
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2024-02-28): Scientists the world over agree that climate change is real, it’s happening now, and it’s caused by the burning of fossil fuels. Still, there are a lot of myths being repeated about climate change, and even journalists can get taken in. Most climate change myths have been perpetuated by fossil fuel companies, their political allies, and others with vested interests in the status quo. For decades, they’ve spent millions of dollars on advertising, think tank "studies," and lobbying to confuse the public, policymakers, and the press and thereby forestall climate action. [...] MYTH 2: Climate change is a political hoax.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2023-11-24): 'I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I've changed my mind' Sarah Ott spent years believing climate change was a hoax, influenced by friends at church in the US south and a popular right-wing radio host. Here she shares her journey from being a climate sceptic to becoming an advocate for clean energy, with a passion for teaching teenage school students the science of climate change. She features on this year's BBC 100 Women list. [...] My conviction that climate change was a hoax solidified when I heard Limbaugh talk about Climategate. It was a controversy involving research from the University of East Anglia. Only much later did I learn that the material was twisted and taken out of context.
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2011-10-24): (Does climate change worry you?) "I’m with [British politician] Lord Monckton on that one, mate. That guy’s got it together. It’s a scam. It’s the new religion. It’s become too politicised and too emotional". Which does beg the question, does ignoring it because its ‘emotional’ make it go away?
Claim: Climate Change Is A Scam !! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-19)
Evidence (2021-10-07): In recent years, we've heard directly from a growing number of our advertising and publisher partners who have expressed concerns about ads that run alongside or promote inaccurate claims about climate change. Advertisers simply don’t want their ads to appear next to this content. And publishers and creators don’t want ads promoting these claims to appear on their pages or videos. That’s why today, we’re announcing a new monetization policy for Google advertisers, publishers and YouTube creators that will prohibit ads for, and monetization of, content that contradicts well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change. This includes content referring to climate change as a hoax or a scam, claims denying that long-term trends show the global climate is warming, and claims denying that greenhouse gas emissions or human activity contribute to climate change. When evaluating content against this new policy, we’ll look carefully at the context in which claims are made, differentiating between content that states a false claim as fact, versus content that reports on or discusses that claim. We will also continue to allow ads and monetization on other climate-related topics, including public debates on climate policy, the varying impacts of climate change, new research and more.
Claim: Buddhist Monk of Mahameunawa Was Attacked By Villagers For Womenizing !! (Social Media Users, 2024-04-26)
Evidence (2024-04-26): Based on the investigations conducted with multiple sources, including the Mahameunawa network, local monks, and police authorities, it is evident that the assaulted monk and the temple mentioned in the social media posts do not belong to the Mahameunawa Asapu network. The temple involved in the incident is identified as Mahameunawa Viharaya, located in Galahitiya, Molkawa, and commonly referred to as Galahitiya temple. Therefore, the claim circulating on social media is false, and there is no evidence supporting the alleged connection between the assaulted monk and the Mahameunawa network.
Claim: Buddhist Monk of Mahameunawa Was Attacked By Villagers For Womenizing !! (Social Media Users, 2024-04-26)
Evidence (2020-08-19): Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery is an organization of Buddhist monasteries of Sri Lankan origin established to benefit the spiritual development of human beings using the teachings of the Gautama Buddha. Its main monastery is in Polgahawela, Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka is home to 40 branches of the organization. Overseas branches are in Canada, USA, Australia, UK,[3] Dubai, South Korea, India, Italy, and Germany. And Mahamevnawa is home to more than 700 Buddhist monks. [...] Mahamevnawa monastery for Buddhist Nuns is called Mahamevnawa Anagarika Monastery. Currently there are 6 Anagarika Monasteries of Mahamevnawa. About 100 Buddhists Nuns resident and practice Dhamma there. Mahamevnawa monasteries promote teaching, discussion and practice of Dhamma in unaltered form, and that the first step towards cessation of suffering is getting to know Buddha's teaching. Mahamevnawa also facilitates the practice of meditation, one of the key tools for improving concentration and wisdom, through cultivating mindfulness (Sathi) as a component of the path to Nibbāna. A key point that Mahmevnawa highlights is that Dhamma not only says that life is suffering, but also shows a proven path to cessation of that suffering.
Claim: Buddhist Monk of Mahameunawa Was Attacked By Villagers For Womenizing !! (Social Media Users, 2024-04-26)
Evidence (2021-04-01): Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery in Sydney is an international branch of the Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery (MBM) in Sri Lanka, a non-profit organisation founded by the Chief Abbott of the Mahamevnawa Monastic Order, Most Venerable Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero. The monastery was established with the noble and genuine intention to increase the knowledge of the Supreme Buddha’s teachings amongst the broader community in NSW during an era when the words of the Blessed One are slowly fading away from humanity. Mahamevnawa Sydney, in particular, was founded as the first Mahamevnawa Monastery in Australia on the 10th of December 2007. In 2015 the Monastery relocated to an alluding 20-acre property in Cattai, NSW due to its monastic, picturesque setting, well suited to assist in fulfilling its purpose. The new monastery location was subsequently given the status "Place of Public Worship". Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery in Sydney is led by venerable monks who have undergone comprehensive training in Sri Lanka in learning and practising the oldest tradition of Theravada Buddhism, based on the collection of scriptures in the Pali Canon. Through the guidance of competent and experienced monks residing in the monastery, the lay devotees of the Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery are privileged to learn and practice the teachings of the Supreme Buddha on mindfulness, meditation, virtue and generosity. The services provided by resident monks and the board of directors are purely voluntary and they are not limited to conducting Dhamma programs, major religious events & community service activities. All monastery services are provided free of cost to the community.