Stop Funding Heat - Sounding the Alarm on Climate Misinformation

Episode 2 - Whodunnit?

February 18, 2022 Stop Funding Heat, Desmog and InfluenceMap Season 1 Episode 2
Episode 2 - Whodunnit?
Stop Funding Heat - Sounding the Alarm on Climate Misinformation
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Stop Funding Heat - Sounding the Alarm on Climate Misinformation
Episode 2 - Whodunnit?
Feb 18, 2022 Season 1 Episode 2
Stop Funding Heat, Desmog and InfluenceMap

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 hello@stopfundingheat.info

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 

Show Notes

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 hello@stopfundingheat.info

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