The new climate denialism

The most prevalent form of climate denialism today goes like this: yes, the climate is changing, but Canada’s role in it is small and our opportunity cost for taking action—that is, job losses—is high.

The climate crisis is global, and the atmosphere isn’t concerned with borders when it comes to where fossil fuels are burned, writes Mike Morrice. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY GREEN MP MIKE MORRICE

March 2, 2022

Over the years, the language of climate denialism has changed. First, those funded by the oil and gas industry gave some half-baked ideas about how the climate wasn’t actually changing. Then they explained, yes, the climate is changing, but it always has. Then, that humans weren’t causing it....

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