Brace yourselves. There’s an election coming – and with it, an onslaught of climate misinformation.
Coal baron, Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots, spent more than a million dollars in 21 days on Google ads, including all sorts of climate nonsense.
In one YouTube video, the party claims to “expose the truth about climate change”.
How?
By drawing on decades-old, superseded studies and completely bastardising ice core research, obviously – which Carbon Brief unpacks in detail here.
The best part about the video is the comments below it – including;
“Climate science from a man who owns a coal mining company, definitely looking out for everyone’s interests”.
The Australian Citizens Party has posted an absurd six and a half minute video advertisement on why Australia should lift the moratorium on nuclear energy.
Spoiler alert: it’s riddled with selective evidence and claims that are easily debunked with a 30-second Google search.
So far, the ACP has spent at least $9,000 on the ad, and it’s been viewed an estimated 6-7 million times – six an a half precious minutes that viewers will never get back.
