Climate Change and Environmentalism

Conversation Culture -

This is a thorny topic, we may end up really in the weeds. In order that we have a fruitful discussion I have posted more resources than usual, I have divided them into 4 broad categories (rightwing viewpoint/leftwing viewpoint / rightwing solutions /leftwing solutions) and strongly encourage that if you have limited time, choose from the resources that conflict with your world-view.

Key:
* if you read no one else from this category, read this.

Short Short-Cut
Rubin -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5c_XGMWfgI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e_bG6jA6uc

Comment/think/research pieces from broadly rightwing/conservative/libertarian viewpoints

Commentators
Jo Nova - http://joannenova.com.au/
James Delingpole - http://delingpoleworld.com/
*The De-Smog Blog - https://www.desmogblog.com/
Dr Tim Ball - http://drtimball.com/
Dr Ian Plimer - https://www.facebook.com/theboltreport/videos/503112153380252/
Roger Scruton - https://www.roger-scruton.com/articles/281-conservatism-and-the-environment
PragerU - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwqIy8Ikv-c

Thinktank associated / research
IPA - https://ipa.org.au/research-areas/climate-change
*Jennifer Marohasy - https://jennifermarohasy.com/
Cato - https://www.cato.org/research/global-warming
*Alex Epstein (just google)
*Bjorn Lomborg - https://www.lomborg.com/
Judith Curry - https://judithcurry.com/
Kary Mullis- https://www.karymullis.com/
Freeman Dyson - (just google)

Comment/think/research pieces from broadly left-wing/green/socialist viewpoints

The article that inspired the topic
*https://quillette.com/2019/01/25/the-right-needs-to-grow-up-on-environmentalism/ - the comments on this piece are well worth the read if you want a short cut to the topic.

Commentors
Journals
Nature - https://www.nature.com/nclimate/articles?type=commentary
*The Gist - https://grist.org/climate-energy/
The Conversation - https://theconversation.com/au/environment

Science Educators and Entertainers (now you may laugh, but they do a lot of commentary on the subject)
Dr Karl -
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/10/08/3864474.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/09/16/4088609.htm
*Bill Nye -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtW2rrLHs08

TedX
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsRNoUx8w3rPoL45Pbu7294gbD-6vy73E
*Hey look - its an IDW member Bret Weinstein - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjNRtrZjkfE

Think Tanks/research
*TAI - Climate of the Nation Report - http://www.tai.org.au/sites/default/files/180911%20-%20Climate%20of%20the%20Nation%202018%20%5BPRINT%5D.pdf
*Think tank map - http://www.iccgov.org/en/observatories/think-tank-map/

MSM
ABC - https://www.abc.net.au/news/topic/climate-change
CNN - https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2018/09/world/greenland-climate-change-cnnphotos/
BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cmj34zmwm1zt/climate-change

Solutions proposed from right-wing/conservative/libertarian viewpoints

*Dr Ben Heard - https://ipa.org.au/ipa-review-articles/right-climate-for-nuclear-power
The Breakthrough.org - https://thebreakthrough.org/energy
*Lomborg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prrbooi9PNw

Solutions proposed from from left-wing/green/socialist viewpoints

*Larry Geri - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxMzdUoE7eY
*Nathanael Johnson (comes to the same conclusion as Dr Heard above) - https://grist.org/article/these-5-people-changed-their-minds-about-nuclear-power-are-you-next/
*TAI - http://www.tai.org.au/climate-energy-program

Problems with the above paradigms
The righteous mind hypothesis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SOQduoLgRw&t=987s

Environmentalism is not/should not be synonymous with Climate Change

Why is it a left/right divide? Is it? Is it largely a question of priorities?

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If you have any more resources comment below. Above was by no means an exhaustive list.