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Michael E. Mann

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Opinion

The G7 Can’t Compromise with the Climate | Opinion

If we’re not careful, incremental action and small successes will become big failures.

5 min read

Opinion

Tech’s ‘Inactivism’ on Climate Policy is a Big Problem | Opinion

Big Tech is now overtaking Big Oil as the biggest power player in Washington lobbying.

4 min read

Opinion

The Right Path Forward on Climate Change | Opinion

Whether we have a climate crisis is no longer a matter of worthy debate. Precisely how we solve it is.

6 min read

Opinion

The Oceans Appear to Be Stabilizing. Here’s Why it’s Very Bad News | Opinion

A more stably stratified ocean potentially favors more intense, destructive hurricanes—and that’s not all.

5 min read

Opinion

After Australia, Reading the Lies About West Coast Fires Feels Like Deja Vu | Opinion

Public awareness of the dangers of climate change threatens business as usual. So the bad faith actors are on the move yet again.

6 min read

Opinion

California Burns, the Gulf Coast Soaks, but the RNC Sticks Head Deeper Into Sand | Opinion

How tone deaf, craven and insensitive does a political party have to be to dismiss the greatest crisis we face?

5 min read

Opinion

Climate Scientists Feel Your Pain, Dr. Fauci | Opinion

I, too, have received death threats. I, too, have endured attacks from those who feel threatened by science. Yet we cannot submit to the forces of politics and profit. The stakes are too high.

5 min read

Opinion

Michael Moore’s New Film Turns Heroes into Villains and Villains into Heroes | Opinion

It’s hard to know where to begin with Moore’s attack on green energy. For starters, why does the fact someone stands to profit from renewables make it a bad thing?

8 min read

Opinion

Seeing the COVID-19 Crisis Is Like Watching a Time Lapse of Climate Change. Will the Right Lessons Be Learned? | Opinion

In both cases there is a curve that must be flattened in order to avoid the worst outcomes, and in both cases disinformation is readily ramped up and must be countered.

6 min read

Opinion

When It Comes to the Australian Bushfires, Rupert Murdoch is an Arsonist | Opinion

The distortions in News Corp media were so egregious that even Rupert Murdoch’s son James has launched a public critique.

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Opinion

“Climategate” Is a Decade Old. All It Exposed is the Bad Faith of Climate Deniers | Opinion

Citing “Climategate” as a reason to avoid action on climate change has become a simple “tell”: Those who do it are acting in bad faith.

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Opinion

Climate Change Is Burning Down California. It’s Time We Stopped Adding Fuel to the Fire | Opinion

When it comes to climate change and wildfire, there is a solid connection.

4 min read

Opinion

Greta Thunberg, Not Donald Trump, is the True Leader of the Free World | Opinion

Truly, “and a child shall lead them.” Greta Thunberg has shown more leadership in one year than Donald Trump has in his entire life.

5 min read

Opinion

A Dangerous New Form of Climate Denialism Is Making the Rounds | Opinion

Finally, we agree that climate change exists. But now this, Senator Rubio?

5 min read

Opinion

Alaska’s Governor Is Sabotaging a Crucial Tool in the Fight Against Climate Change | Opinion

We cannot allow oil-soaked politicians and anti-science plutocrats to target our flagship research universities simply because they don’t like their findings.

5 min read

Opinion

Climate Change Is Finally on the Agenda for 2020. But Is It Too Late for Debating? | Opinion

The Democrats including climate change in the primary debates is welcome, and gives them an edge on denialist Republicans. But is does feel like too little, too late.

7 min read