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    I negazionisti della scienza climatica del think tank americano lavorano con la destra nel Parlamento europeo


    I negazionisti della scienza climatica del think tank americano lavorano con la destra nel Parlamento europeo

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/22/us-thinktank-climate-science-deniers-working-with-rightwingers-in-eu-parliament-heartland-institute

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    1. Wagamaga on

      Climate science deniers from a US-based thinktank have been working with rightwing politicians in Europe to campaign against environmental policies, the Guardian can reveal.

      MEPs have been accused of “rolling out the red carpet for climate deniers” to give them a platform in the European parliament, amid warnings of a “revival of grotesque climate denialism”.

      The Heartland Institute, which has links to the Trump administration and has drawn on funding from companies including ExxonMobil and wealthy US Republican donors, has seized on a time when rightwing anti-climate action sentiment has been surging, and has set up a new European base in London.

      For the past two years, representatives of the thinktank have been working with MEPs and have spoken in the European parliament to campaign against bills, including the nature restoration law. They have sought to cast doubt on established climate science, and connected climate-sceptic MEPs from Poland, Hungary and Austria to help coordinate campaigns against proposed environmental laws.

      Heartland has made some extreme and incorrect comments on climate. In the past, it has compared people who believe in global heating to the Unabomber, the US terrorist jailed for killing three people and injuring many others, as well as branding the concept of human-caused climate change “fake news”.

    2. ReadCandid5324 on

      kick these idiots out , the US has no place in european politics

    3. butwhywedothis on

      Don’t let the greed of some EU right wingers be the downfall of EU. Learn (from US). Adapt. Improvise.

    4. New_Belt_6286 on

      Tbh we should just call it “tank” at this point because there ain’t no thinking being done in there

    5. mneri7 on

      Honestly, what’s the point of this.
      Just to say “fuck you” to all of us? You don’t believe in climate change, I get it, but why you come all the way from the US to the EU, just to impose your beliefs here? Can’t you just don’t care what are we doing this side of the pond?

    6. ChucklesInDarwinism on

      Sometimes I think that aliens are among us and they work towards making the planet inhabitable for humans because it suits them.

      I think this because climate won’t care about how much money you have. Even in the best bunker ever if outside goes to hell, you’ll starve eventually unless this is some Vaultech shit going on….

    7. potatolulz on

      >In September 2024, Vilimsky (FPÖ) was a guest of honour at Heartland’s 40th anniversary gala in the Hilton Chicago, where the guest list included the rightwing UK politician Nigel Farage – who later helped launch Heartland’s branch in London. Vilimsky spoke at the Chicago event, urging closer ties between the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, and Donald Trump.

      Oh man, the best crowd I see

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartland_Institute

      >In the 1990s, the Heartland institute worked with the tobacco company Philip Morris to question serious cancer risks from secondhand smoke, and to lobby against government public-health regulations.[3] Starting in 2008, Heartland has organized conferences to question the scientific consensus on climate change.[3]: 334 [12]

      damn, these guys have always been busy at work for the “betterment of mankind” 😀

    8. MercantileReptile on

      >Heartland Institute

      Even the much maligned “think tank” is much too highly a description for [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartland_Institute) scum.

      Collections of industry advocates and bootlickers are one thing. I understand a suit sucking off politicians to water down regulations or get contracts and whatnot. Not pretty, but I understand.

      I refuse to call “Heartland” anything but cancer. They’re so far beyond reason, it can no longer be called simple greed. They are evil. Not a word I like to use, since it is often used in a simplistic, almost childish manner.

      Not for them. Evil.

    9. Effective_Pack8265 on

      US exports of bullshit and disinformation are going thru the roof…

    10. Playful_Two_7596 on

      Those US right wingers seem to like the word ‘deportation’. That should apply to them as well.

    14. KernunQc7 on

      Option 1: Nothing to worry about, we have plenty of time to fix it in the future

      Option 2: Denial, it’s not happening, *covers ears*

      Option 3: It is happening, so we will be implementing solutions that will actually make the problem much worse.

      Europe is doing a mix of 2+3. Bonus points for figuring out what option 3 is actually about.

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