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Stephan Lewandowsky - The Mind of the Conspiracy Theorist | Point of Inquiry

[English major Chris Mooney]  because conspiratorial thinking clearly plays an important role in science denial, on matters ranging from the connection between HIV and AIDS, to the safety of vaccines, to global warming.
...His name is Stephan Lewandowsky, and he's a professor at the school of psychology at the University of Western Australia, and at the University of Bristol in the UK. And he's the author of a recent study with the delicious title "NASA Faked the Moon Landings, Therefore (Climate) Science is a Hoax: An Anatomy of the Motivated Rejection of Science (PDF)"

Twitter / clim8resistance: Why is 'community' energy ...

Why is 'community' energy generation a Good Thing? It's not, it's regressive, expensive, poorly-conceived waffle. #EnergyBill @GregBarkerMP

House Republicans dust off energy bills - POLITICO.com Print View

It’s “drill, baby, drill” all over again.

Fossil Fuel Wins: UK Parliament rejects decarbonization of power sector | JunkScience.com

“Ministers say the target would place too many restrictions on business at a time of economic difficulty.”

- Bishop Hill blog - Decarbonisation amendment defeated

Tim Yeo's rebel amendment to get a mandatory decarbonisation target included in the Energy Bill has been defeated, by 23 votes.

Economic suicide has therefore been averted, at least temporarily. Yeo is calling for the amendment to be resurrected in the Lords.