Why We Need More Skepticism in Environmental and Health News
Skepticism means refusing to accept a statement without evidence (unlike 'climate-change skeptics,' who will not believe words with credible evidence). The environmental news contains a lot of conspiracy theories and extremist views. People predict the end without a scientific basis. The same is valid for health news , where snake oil sellers and miracle cures are promoted by nearly every website that purports to be a news source. Conspiracy theorists are the most significant environmental problem. Sites like ENEnews, for example, claim a global cover-up of the Fukushima disaster despite the absence of a realistic catastrophe scenario. Global Warming deniers and climate change extremists are the second biggest problem. Deniers spread lies about Climate Change and Global Warming, using arguments like global cooling (which has never been accepted as scientifically valid) or claiming that temperature changes of a few degrees are not that serious. The extremists also promote c...