The Hypocrisy of Climate Change Advocates

🤔Climate change advocates criticize others for accepting fossil fuel money but do not call for their own institutions to refuse such funds.

🏛️Despite criticizing others for building large houses, climate change advocates are associated with universities that construct large buildings.

💵Climate change advocates give paid speeches and receive income from such engagements.

🌪️There is a conflict of interest when climate change advocates research climate change topics funded by fossil fuel money.

🏢The size of buildings, including university facilities, can contribute to climate change through energy consumption.

Do climate change advocates criticize others for accepting fossil fuel money?

—Yes, they often call for elite institutions and universities to stop accepting money from fossil fuel companies.

Do climate change advocates refuse to accept fossil fuel money for their own institutions?

—There is no consistent refusal of fossil fuel money among climate change advocates for their own institutions.

Do climate change advocates criticize others for building large houses?

—Yes, they argue that larger houses contribute to CO2 emissions and climate change.

Do climate change advocates refrain from constructing large buildings themselves?

—No, many climate change advocates are associated with universities that construct large buildings.

Do climate change advocates receive income from speeches?

—Yes, many climate change advocates give paid speeches and receive income from such engagements.

00:00Senator Kennedy and Professor Keenan discuss the criticisms of climate change advocates.

02:36Senator Kennedy questions the hypocrisy of advocating against fossil fuel money while accepting it for their own institutions.

04:07Senator Kennedy highlights the construction of large buildings by climate change advocates.

05:39Senator Kennedy asks Governor Edwards about the size of the Governor's Mansion.

07:07Senator Kennedy discusses the unfair allocation of oral royalties and the importance of the RISE Act in addressing this issue.