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   Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Monday, 09-Oct-2023 18:09:04 JST Nonilex

   People working on #Climate Solutions are encountering #disinformation & #ConspiracyTheories about their work.

   #ClimateDisinformation in the past —sometimes paid for by #FossilFuel interests— were often misconceptions like #GlobalWarming is a scam or its threat overblown. Those endure, but now there are attacks on #ClimateSolutions… such as attacks on #renewables; e.g. the myth that #WindTurbines cause cancer or birth defects.

   #ClimateCrisis
   https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05/1203893268/climate-change-conspiracies-disinformation?origin=NOTIFY

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     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Monday, 09-Oct-2023 18:09:13 JST Nonilex

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     For instance, today NPR has a story about an #UrbanPlanning trend called #15minuteCities —designing cities so that you #access amenities in a short walk, bike ride or trip on public transport. Now there's a #ConspiracyTheory saying that this is a way to restrict people's movement or to trap people in an open-air prison.

     #ClimateDisinformation #ClimateSolutions #ClimateCrisis
     https://www.npr.org/2023/10/08/1204548952/the-15-minute-city-could-limit-global-warming-if-it-can-counter-misinformation