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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1468444)	7/13/2024 12:54:29 PM
From: Wharf Rat	2 Recommendations Recommended By Eric pocotrader Respond to of 1577280

Also not shocking.... NATO Defense Study: Russians Pushing Climate Disinformation – This is Not Cool (thinc.blog) Do we get it now? Anybody? NATO Climate Change and Security Impact Assessment 2024: Kremlin-backed actors have been found to be pushing climate change denialism across the Alliance, all while actively attempting to derail climate change mitigation policies and renewable energy investments. Russian state media routinely amplify uncertainty around climate change and downplay the phenomenon as exaggerated or even positive. They frame global warming as a “hoax” and emission-reduction plans as a form of “Western imperialism” engineered to undermine the development of emerging economies. Denial of anthropogenic climate change persists in Russia largely due to the entangled ties between the fossil fuel industry and political power, and the country’s ongoing dependence on fossil fuels as a dominant source of government revenue. Individuals whochallenge scientific consensus on climate change continue to hold political power. A notable increase in Russian disinformation related to the European green energy transition has been observed since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to NATO’s Information Environment Assessment for the period May 2022 to May 2024, Russia was found to be the main driver of hostile communications in online conversations about the green energy transition on social media and web news media. In 2023, efforts to spread mis- and disinformation were evident in the run-up to the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai. According to a 2023 report by the Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD) – a coalition of over 50 leading climate and anti-disinformation organisations – Russia and the PRC were listed among the countries found to be spreading climate-related disinformation. Russian state-backed accounts weaponised climate debates, with influence campaigns targeting Western countries and emerging and developing economies respectively. Russian accounts have been found to regularly vilify climate activists – including personal online attacks, gendered disinformation and explicitly negative descriptions of women activists – and demonstrations across Europe. NATO’s potential adversaries and strategic competitors have been found to exploit natural disasters for malign influence campaigns, with the aim to exploit emotions, sow distrust in official response and otherwise impair Allies’ ability to respond effectively to crises, especially when communities are most vulnerable and local institutions are strained. Disaster-related disinformation can also impede rescue and relief efforts, contributing to unnecessary casualties and human suffering that could have otherwise been avoided. Climate Action Against Disinformation: Russian State media accounts – posting in English, French, German and Spanish – do not have consistent messaging on climate science, climate action or energy supply. Instead, they instrumentalise these topics to strengthen their influence campaigns targeting Western countries and the Global South respectively. For almost all topics related to climate and energy, Russian media tend to ‘play both sides’, adapting their framing to benefit political allies (e.g. Iran, China) and condemn political opponents (e.g. the US, EU Member States). As such, topics like renewable energy, fossil fuels and nuclear can be framed in contradictory ways depending on the intended audience and region. Vladimir Putin CBS News: Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded president-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson with the Order of Friendship in 2013. It’s an award that was started by Boris Yeltsin and is given to foreign nationals who try to improve relations with Russia. Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobil, won the award three years ago after signing deals with the state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft, according to The Washington Post. A press release from the Kremlin at the time said it was awarded to Tillerson for his “big contribution to developing cooperation in the energy sector.” The deal that Tillerson orchestrated, the Post reports, involved a drilling program in the Arctic but U.S. sanctions following Russia’s annexation of Crimea put the project on hold.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1468444)	7/14/2024 4:16:02 AM
From: IC720	5 Recommendations Recommended By D.Austin longz Maple MAGA Mick Mørmøny miraje Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577280

Shocked??.. Bout time ya realized the CLIMATE SCAM.. "The dam is finally cracking." Award-winning journalist Alex Newman breaks down how the "man-made global warming" narrative is finally crumbling. "Three new peer-reviewed papers, published in major prestigious scientific journals... completely undermine the alleged scientific… pic.twitter.com/jtS3n9VRHD — Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) July 4, 2024 ...