Climate Deniers' Paris Event Sparsely Attended, Journalists Kicked Out


Environmental | 206594 hits | Dec 07 9:00 am | Posted by: DrCaleb
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A climate change denial event in Paris, organized jointly by two US groups, the coal-funded Heartland Institute and The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), held to coincide with the UN climate COP21 talks, quietly flopped Monday when hardly an

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  1. by avatar andyt
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:26 pm
    The journalists probably weren't going to report on the truthiness of the discussions.

  2. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:33 pm
    Wow, there was just thirty people there! Looks like thirty to me and, of course, I learnt me some 'rithmitic in a public skool!

  3. by avatar andyt
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:34 pm
    Prove that that pic is from the event talked about in the OP. This is just more Bartshit, which can be as stinky as Fiddledogshit.

  4. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:46 pm
    "andyt" said
    Prove that that pic is from the event talked about in the OP.


    Ah. There's the rub. How did your reporter know how many people actually attended the meeting since the reporter admits not attending the meeting? :idea:

    My are equal to his in this case.

  5. by avatar andyt
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:48 pm
    quote please.

  6. by avatar DrCaleb
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:51 pm
    "BartSimpson" said
    Wow, there was just thirty people there! Looks like thirty to me and, of course, I learnt me some 'rithmitic in a public skool!


    Did you mean this conference?



    http://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/12/129 ... y-attended

  7. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:00 pm
    Looks like that was taken during a break. :idea:

    It also looks like a picture of one conference room.

    I could have taken a similar picture earlier this year when I attended a symposium and attended several individual classes of around 40 people. Yet there were over 8,000 people in total attendance.

  8. by avatar DrCaleb
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:01 pm
    You've been taken advantage of Bart. Someone is trying to pass off meetings in Germany 2 years ago as current images from the Heartattacks Institute's latest pitiful climate denial session.

    http://www.traveldailynews.com/news/art ... ry-makes-a

  9. by avatar andyt
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:02 pm
    "BartSimpson" said
    Looks like that was taken during a break. :idea:


    the smell of desperation is strong in this one.

  10. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:03 pm
    "andyt" said
    Looks like that was taken during a break. :idea:


    the smell of desperation is strong in this one.

    Look at Dr. C's picture .

  11. by avatar DrCaleb
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:05 pm
    "BartSimpson" said
    Looks like that was taken during a break. :idea:


    the smell of desperation is strong in this one.

    Look at Dr. C's picture



    Billed as the "Day of Examining the Data," the event was held at the Hotel California, across town from where the actual UN negotiations are taking place, Paris


    That's exactly what the sign at the front of the room says.

  12. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:18 pm
    The picture was taken during a break as is evidenced by the things left at various chairs and places at the tables.

    Taking a picture of the room when it is not crowded is not proof that there wasn't a crowd.

  13. by avatar DrCaleb
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:29 pm
    "BartSimpson" said
    The picture was taken during a break as is evidenced by the things left at various chairs and places at the tables.

    Taking a picture of the room when it is not crowded is not proof that there wasn't a crowd.


    The lack of chairs suggests it however. The PRWatch article also includes low numbers, both in attendance and online.

    While Science isn't a popularity contest, it does show that people are starting to not buy into the deniers message. And people don't like the funding behind the message.

    Heartland has a long history of receiving cash from fossil fuel companies, including from ExxonMobil and groups backed by the billionaire Koch brothers, both of which have also funded CFACT.

  14. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Mon Dec 07, 2015 7:20 pm
    "DrCaleb" said

    Science isn't a popularity contest


    No, it isn't.

    And a consensus of people who hide their data and who refuse to publish their methodologies is not science, either.



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