Ways to fact-check myths and lies
• Climate action against disinformation: a coalition of over 50 organizations that work to identify, analyze, and counter climate disinformation.
• Natural Resources Defense Council:: a hard look at climate misinformation and ways to combat it, such as pre-bunking. See Learn About the Climate Crisis
• Environmental Defense Fund: a range of actions, fact sheets, and toolkits for combating climate myths. See Battling climate myths and fighting for the truth
• Science Feedback.org : a worldwide network of scientists who help separate fact from fiction in climate-change media.
• The Fact Checker (Washington Post) A network of scientists who help separate fact from fiction in climate-change media.
• Snopes.com : a popular fact-checking website's entries on climate change
• Cranky Uncle vs Climate Change A game that teaches critical thinking using cartoons, available in the App Store and Google Play and playable online in Firefox and Chrome browsers.
Riveting videos:
• Overcoming the Fossil Fuel Playbook – Untangling Obstructionism and Disinformation: sessions from The Climate Reality Project
• Part One: The National Level an inside look by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) into their investigative work, moderated by Al Gore, former US Vice President and founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project.
• Part Two: The Community Level a discussion with Matt Traldi, President and CEO of Greenlight America, and Katie Worth, author of Miseducation: How Climate Change Is Taught in America moderated by Amy Westervelt, Executive Editor of Drilled
• Combating Climate Disinformation: a recording of the Climate Reality Chicago meeting in June, 2024 (video and transcript). Chapter leaders Tom Coleman and Bruce Mainzer offer a fascinating look at types of climate disinformation, ways to identify and combat it, and the campaigns being funded by fossil fuel companies.
With thanks to
The Climate Reality Project DC
DC Chapter Leadership Team Series contributors:
DC chapter members: Nicole Elinoff, John Fine, Sarah Gallagher, and Paula Seidel
DC chapter leadership: Kelsey Brown, Max Mozes, Holly Pollinger, and Marelise Voss
Special thanks to Holly Pollinger for sharing this.
See also Climate change: Understanding,covering, and writing or arguing about it and about science denial (in the science section of the Writers and Editors site)