Sheldon Whitehouse calls for news outlets to suppress ‘extreme’ op-eds by climate skeptics
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/14/sheldon-whitehouse-calls-news-outlets-suppress-ext/
Sen. Sheldon Whitehousewants newspapers to stop publishing “extreme” and “phony” op-eds written by climate-change skeptics, blasting such articles as “industry propaganda.”
The Rhode Island Democratsaid he was stunned by the “extraordinary barrage of opinion pieces” that followed his May 2015 op-ed recommending that Attorney General Loretta Lynch investigate fossil-fuel companies and their supporters for possible civil violations of federal racketeering laws.
He blamed the flood of what he described as “error-plagued criticism” on “the climate denial apparatus” and urged newspapers to reject such opinion pieces in the future.
“The breadth of the op-ed assault suggests that a new level of critical scrutiny will be needed at honorable editorial boards to make responsible choices between legitimate and honest opinion and clever, made-to-order, industrial-scale dissemination of industry propaganda,”saidMr. Whitehousein a Tuesday op-ed in the Columbia Journalism Review.…
Senators botch facts on climate during free speech attack
Senators botch facts on climate during free speech attack
http://www.cfact.org/2016/07/15/senators-botch-facts-on-climate-during-free-speech-attack/
This week our civil rights were placed under direct attack on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
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House committee subpoenas state AG’s trying to burn climate skeptics
House committee subpoenas state AG’s trying to burn climate skeptics
If Congress won’t protect the First Amendment rights of citizens, who will?
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22 free market groups call Dems ‘tyrants’ for targeting them on Senate floor
22 free market groups call Dems ‘tyrants’ for targeting them on Senate floor
Twenty-two free market and conservative groups called Democratic senators tyrants Tuesday for criticizing their opposition to global warming policies on the Senate floor.
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Whitehouse & Co. organize “play in protest” using kids as climate pawns
Whitehouse & Co. organize “play in protest” using kids as climate pawns
People send me stuff. In this case it is a groaner of a press release where kids too young to think will be used as political pawns for climate change action. They say: …will focus on the air pollution that causes dangerous climate change. Families from across the country will showcase exactly what’s at stake […]
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Senator Whitehouse goes Full Conspiracy Theory on ‘Climate Denial’
Senator Whitehouse goes Full Conspiracy Theory on “Climate Denial”
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Senator Whitehouse has unveiled his “web of denial”, a vast conspiracy theory about why his side is losing the climate debate. US senators detail a climate science ‘web of denial’ but the impacts go well beyond their borders By the middle of this week, about 20 Democratic senators in the…
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Warmist Dem Senators To Rail Against Skeptics Senate Floor
BY: Lachlan Markay
July 11, 2016 3:15 pm
Democratic senators have been assigned conservative nonprofit groups to call out by name on the chamber floor in speeches on Monday and Tuesday criticizing corporations and advocacy groups for opposing Democratic climate policies, internal emails reveal.
Nineteen Senate Democrats will attack specific organizations in what they are calling a “web of denial,” according to a schedule of floor speeches circulated by Emily Enderle, a top environmental policy adviser to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.), who is spearheading the effort.
Internal emails about the effort obtained by the Free Beacon reveal a highly coordinated plan between members of Congress and environmental activist groups to fuel a public relations and legal offensive against fossil fuel companies and groups they support.
Enderle’s email also included graphics and suggested tweets to use “as guides as you craft digital content.”
According to her email, Whitehouse and his allies, including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), have crafted a schedule for floor speeches on Monday and Tuesday that assigns each participating Senator at least one group to go after by name.
Most of the groups have already been targeted by state Democratic officials that have undertaken a coordinated legal campaign against oil giant ExxonMobil since last year. Many were named in subpoenas sent to the company by state attorneys general as part of that effort.…
Senators to Expose ‘Web of Denial’ Blocking ‘Action on Climate’
…Green Attorney Says Virgin Island AG Was In ‘Way Over His Head’ With ExxonMobil Investigation
…Dems Push Bill Condemning Companies, Think Tanks Who ‘Cast Doubt’ On Global Warming
Democratic lawmakers are set to introduce a resolution condemning fossil fuel companies and pro-fossil fuel groups that “deliberately cast doubt on science in order to protect their financial interests.”
California Rep. Ted Lieu and Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will introduce resolutions in both chambers of Congress that “urges fossil fuel companies and allied organizations to cooperate with active or future investigations into their climate-change related activities.”
The bill is meant to draw attention to investigations into ExxonMobil’s global warming stance, though the company is never mentioned by name. The bill is also meant to target groups, many of which are conservative think tanks, with alleged ties to Exxon.
At least four state attorneys general have opened investigations into Exxon based on accusations by liberal journalists that the company knew its product caused global warming and funded groups to oppose regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.
Exxon and a libertarian think tank have fought back and managed to defeat two of the four probes, which has effectively left only New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman with an active investigation into the company.
Democrats’ bill “disapproves of activities by certain corporations, trade associations, foundations, and organizations funded by those corporations to deliberately mislead the public and undermine peer-reviewed scientific research about the dangers of their products; and to deliberately cast doubt on science in order to protect their financial interests.”…