Episode 2 - Whodunnit?

Stop Funding Heat - Sounding the Alarm on Climate Misinformation

Contrary to popular belief, it’s not just your crazy relative spreading falsehoods online. In part 2 of our 3-part series, Sean and Aggy uncover where climate misinformation comes from - and why is it put out there in the first place?

The Stop Funding Heat podcast is produced by Stop Funding Heat: www.stopfundingheat.info

Thanks to our guests today! Find them at https://desmog.com/ and https://influencemap.org/

References

We do our best to reference as many of the conversation points we cover in our interviews. If there’s something missing, please do get in touch at [e-mail]
For an interesting look at how the tobacco industry’s tactics are mirrored by fossil fuel industries, check out this BBC podcast https://bbc.in/3uYlqDI
Climate gate - debunked: https://bit.ly/3oY7SVg

2021’s Counter-COP summit run by Heartland Institute, as reported by Channel 4 https://bit.ly/3sUHtJ7
Brexit climate denier map: https://bit.ly/34K3get
Monsanto hiring firms to target journalists and activists: https://bit.ly/3sUHqwV
Majority of UK want a net zero referendum - debunked: https://bit.ly/3gV5UQK
Climate denier ads paid for by Centre for Brexit Policy: https://bit.ly/3s1MVKE
InfluenceMap found 25,000 ads from 25 entities seen over 430 million times in 2021 https://bit.ly/3JDXj1c
Ballot Measure 1 to increase fossil fuel taxes in Alaska falls https://bit.ly/3H1KKeH
Climate Action Tracker https://climateactiontracker.org/
European Citizens Initiative to ban fossil fuel ads like with tobacco https://banfossilfuelads.org/
Science Museum strikes new deal with fossil fuel company Adani https://bit.ly/3BtZba9
Fossil fuel companies have spent $1 billion on climate brand building in just 4 years https://bit.ly/3v0XbVI
“Japan Climate Leaders Partnership” successfully lobbies Japanese government to set more ambitious climate goals https://bit.ly/3oTTo8L
Frackfeed is still offline at time of launch https://www.frackfeed.com/

Not Sure About That - Executives from oil companies refuse to pledge not to spend money to oppose efforts to reduce climate change
Not Sure About That - Oil companies hearing - will not do anything about their climate misinformation: https://nyti.ms/3LVsLu7
Not Sure About That - “William Shatner did not go to space”: https://bit.ly/3LJA340
Not Sure About That - Concrete can grow: https://bit.ly/3JCBRK9
Not Sure About That - Boris Johnson calls Net Zero by 2050 “heroic” https://bit.ly/3LMbWBJ