The great majority of conspiracy theories and disinformation spread about environmental and health topics are popularly attributed to the conservative/right side of the political spectrum.
But there is no shortage of conspiracy theories and disinformation generated by the left/liberal side of the spectrum – as outlined by Ilya Somin in Reason (May 2023).
Wrong-headed ideas conflicting with science concerning climate change and other aspects of the environment are currently popular on the left. One such notion claims that the world faces an imminent climate change “tipping point” into global apocalypse within the next 10–20 years, whereas science tells us that things may get worse but civilisation will certainly not end within 20 years.
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Another example is outright condemnation of GM foods as deadly dangerous both to human health and natural ecology, despite scientific validation of specific GM foods as safe for human consumption. Finally, we have the outright Green rejection of nuclear energy, the most effective clean energy source, to supplement renewable energy.
