{"id":1122933,"date":"2021-12-15T19:58:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T00:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1122933"},"modified":"2021-12-15T19:58:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T00:58:51","slug":"climate-activist-michael-mann-calls-climate-denial-deadlier-than-covid-denial-demands-censorship-of-dissenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-activist-michael-mann-calls-climate-denial-deadlier-than-covid-denial-demands-censorship-of-dissenters\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Activist Michael Mann Calls Climate Denial \u2018Deadlier\u2019 than COVID Denial, Demands Censorship of Dissenters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclimate-activist-michael-mann-calls-climate-denial-deadlier-than-covid-denial-demands-censorship-of-dissenters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1122933&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/filephoto15-fossil-fuels-climate-change-protest-dc-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>Denials of \u201cclimate change\u201d are \u201cdeadlier\u201d than denials of the science behind COVID-19, according to renowned climate activist Michael E. Mann, who defended his earlier call for social media companies to censor those who disagree with his views on global warming science, effectively removing \u201cclimate denial\u201d content in the same way \u201cCOVID denial\u201d content is suppressed online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2021\/12\/13\/michael_mann_on_climate_crisis_tornadoes\"><span>episode<\/span><\/a><span> of the left-wing <em>Democracy Now!<\/em> news and commentary program, climate activist Michael Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, told host Amy Goodman that climate change is deadlier than the coronavirus after being asked to explain his demands that YouTube remove climate-denial content:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p><span>Here we saw nearly a hundred people die from these unprecedented tornadoes [and] if you look at the total impact of climate change around the world \u2014 wildfires, droughts, floods, heat waves, coastal inundation \u2014 climate change is already costing far more lives than COVID-19; it is deadlier.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd so the denial of climate change is deadlier even than the denial of the basic science behind COVID-19,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cThis Isn\u2019t a Natural Disaster\u201d: Climate Scientist Michael Mann on Deadly Tornadoes in 8 States\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oLKlvnc4dBM?start=615&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>According to Mann, the reason for censorship by Big Tech and social media companies of \u201cCOVID denial\u201d in contrast with the perpetuation of \u201cclimate denial\u201d content is due to powerful companies with a financial \u201cstake\u201d in the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cHere\u2019s the difference: there isn\u2019t a huge global lobby, the world\u2019s\u2026 wealthiest and most powerful industry, the fossil fuel industry, that has a stake in the COVID-19 debate,\u201d he argued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo, it\u2019s fairly easy for these Big Tech companies, these social media companies, to stop showing COVID denial, for suppressing COVID denial videos and posts,\u201d he added.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Noting there \u201cisn\u2019t a huge corporate interest that\u2019s going to get in their way\u201d on the subject of \u201cCOVID denial,\u201d Mann claimed that regarding climate change, \u201cit\u2019s a whole different story.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are talking about an effort by the world\u2019s largest, most powerful industry \u2014 the fossil fuel industry \u2014 to prevent any meaningful action on climate, and to accomplish that in part by using social media to promote denialism and dismissal,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mann went on to accuse social media companies of complicity in the matter.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cYou know why are they being complicit?\u201d he asked. \u201cWell, many of them are getting a lot of advertising money from the fossil fuel industry, so it\u2019s inconvenient to their business model to challenge that industry.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd I am afraid that that\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing here,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd we have to take them to task, because they are doing great harm; they\u2019re making profits by doing great harm to all of us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Last week, Mann praised YouTube for removing \u201cCOVID denial videos,\u201d requesting the same be done for \u201cclimate denial\u201d content as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHey @Youtube. It\u2019s good you\u2019re taking down COVID denial videos. Now it\u2019s time for you to remove climate denial videos,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThey pose an even greater threat to humanity in the long term.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.5778546712803\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Youtube<\/a>. It&#8217;s good you&#8217;re taking down COVID denial videos (<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6lAqb8GdlL\">https:\/\/t.co\/6lAqb8GdlL<\/a>). Now it&#8217;s time for you to remove climate denial videos. They pose an even greater threat to humanity in the long term. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zXNNSVvbvm\">https:\/\/t.co\/zXNNSVvbvm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelEMann\/status\/1467902867877109767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>On Monday, Mann <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/12\/13\/climate-alarmist-michael-mann-we-need-to-pass-build-back-better-to-keep-tornadoes-from-getting-worse\/\"><span>claimed<\/span><\/a><span> the passing of President Biden\u2019s \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d legislative agenda would prevent the intensification of future tornadoes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe need to pass \u2018Build Back Better\u2019 because that bill has climate provisions that will address this problem [deadly tornadoes] at its core \u2014 which is the warming of the planet due to carbon <\/span><span>pollution and fossil fuel burning,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe can prevent this from getting worse if we act on climate now,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At least 88 people died last week across five states during severe storms and a tornado outbreak that devastated towns and communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, thousands were left homeless by what Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear described as the state\u2019s worst storm on record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/environment\/2021\/12\/12\/fact-check-biden-claims-kentucky-tornado-linked-to-climate-change\/\"><span>claims<\/span><\/a><span> the devastating Kentucky tornado was the result of a warmer climate making storms more frequent, scientists are unaware of a correlation between storms and a warmer climate and data actually <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/about\/\"><span>shows<\/span><\/a><span> extreme weather \u201cis becoming less deadly over time, not more.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As former Obama administration official Steven Koonin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unsettled-Climate-Science-Doesnt-Matters\/dp\/1950665798\/?tag=breitbart035-20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> in his recent book on climate change, \u201churricanes and tornados show no changes attributable to human influences,\u201d and \u201cthe best we can say is that, if anything, U.S. tornadoes have become more benign as the globe has warmed over the past seventy-five years, and we have no credible method for projecting future changes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An Associated Press \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/explainer-was-tornado-outbreak-related-to-climate-change\/\"><span>explainer<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d struggled to accept the idea that climate change is linked to the Kentucky tornadoes, concluding that: \u201cAttributing a specific storm like Friday\u2019s to the effects of climate change remains very challenging.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dr. Bj\u00f8rn Lomborg, former director of the Danish government\u2019s Environmental Assessment Institute (EAI) and one of<em> Time Magazine<\/em>\u2019s 100 most influential people, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BjornLomborg\/status\/1470806835020107778?s=20\"><span>responded<\/span><\/a><span> to Mann, claiming his assessment was \u201cabsolutely off-the-scale false.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMichael Mann claims wildfires, droughts, floods, heatwaves, and coastal inundation caused by climate kill more people than Covid19,\u201d he tweeted while citing death tolls indicating COVID-19 is nearly a thousand times deadlier. \u201cNo. Just no.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"20.94674556213\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Absolutely off-the-scale false:<\/p>\n<p>Michael Mann claims wildfires, droughts, floods, heatwaves, and coastal inundation caused by climate<\/p>\n<p>kill more people than Covid19 <\/p>\n<p>No. Just no.<\/p>\n<p>2020-21 such climate deaths total 21,500<br \/>2020-21 Covid total 18,100,000<\/p>\n<p>Covid  bigger <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wY5NQUPHuo\">pic.twitter.com\/wY5NQUPHuo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BjornLomborg\/status\/1470803909925117963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Writing for the <\/span><i><span>Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/i><span> last month, he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/climate-activists-disasters-fire-storms-deaths-change-cop26-glasgow-global-warming-11635973538\"><span>posited<\/span><\/a><span> that we are<\/span><span> safer than ever from climate disasters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThough it receives little mention from activists or the media, weather-related deaths have fallen dramatically,\u201d he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s easier to bend the data about disaster frequency than to bend death statistics,\u201d he added. \u201cDeath tolls tell a very clear story: People are safer from climate-related disasters than ever before.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;@JoshuaKlein.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denials of \u201cclimate change\u201d are \u201cdeadlier\u201d than denials of the science behind COVID-19, according to renowned climate activist Michael E. 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