The Times' event "Climate Forward" is described as "A day of live journalism, dedicated to understanding our rapidly warming world." But you don't need rich and powerful climate deniers to help you understand anything – you only need them if you're so dedicated to "both-sides" journalism that even your coverage of climate chaos has to include "the other side."
Kevin Roberts is the President of the Heritage Foundation. Heritage was founded in the 1970s, but came to prominence as a climate denial institution from 1997-2013 when they led the "Cooler Heads Coalition" that denied climate change was happening. They also promoted the illegal hacking for hire scheme that became known as "Climategate" where Exxon paid hackers to target scientists, researchers, and activists in a failed attempt to discredit the science of climate change, and demonize political action based on that science.
More recently, Heritage has been famous for leading the "delay is the new denial" movement of climate action obstructionism. That's where deniers say that maybe climate change is real, but we shouldn’t act too fast or end our dependance on fossil fuels — even if scientists and leaders make it clear that’s exactly what we need to do. The tactics were called out at the highest levels by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Jamie Raskin at a recent hearing on the history of climate denial, delay, and disinformation.
And just in the last few weeks, Kevin Roberts himself has been claiming credit for Project 2025 – the notorious 900-page plan developed for Donald Trump to seize power and remake America in his own image. Climate journalist Emily Atkin summarized Project 2025 like this:
"It proposes gutting the Environmental Protection Agency and its climate regulations; re-opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling; defunding the nationwide transition to renewable energy; and eliminating environmental justice initiatives. In addition, political appointees serving under Trump “will have to eradicate climate change references from absolutely everywhere”—because as we know, ignoring a problem helps fix it. Overall, Project 2025 is a veritable smorgasbord of 'burn it all down'—and it aligns squarely with Trump’s own actions and pledges."
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