Trump-aligned congresspeople aren’t spreading wildfire disinformation in a vacuum; American social media giants are enabling a haze of conspiracy theories and misinformation about the wildfires ravaging Canadian forests, and are disguising the fossil fuel industry's role in the crisis, researchers have found.

Trump-aligned congresspeople aren’t spreading wildfire disinformation in a vacuum; American social media giants are enabling a haze of conspiracy theories and misinformation about the wildfires ravaging Canadian forests, and are disguising the fossil fuel industry’s role in the crisis, researchers have found.

Link above is to CAAD’s (Climate Action Against Disinformation) - Briefing: Canadian Wildfire Disinformation June 2025

  • leftytighty@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I don’t disagree, I asked my rhetorical question because this “forest management” argument is often being made in bad faith by right wing climate deniers who also scoff at government spending.

    We can extrapolate your logic to climate action at large. Stop meat and dairy related subsidies, stop fossil infrastructure, invest in alternative and sustainable systems even if there’s an apparent short term cost.

    It’ll be cheaper than what’s coming…