Wednesday 12 October 2022

Fighting Fake news with REAL 12/10/22, Polls, Greenwashing, Michel Moore Predicts; Trickle-Down Economics,

 

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 Nearly five months after it was elected the Albanese government continues to resonate with voters as the Coalition struggles to find a message that grabs people.

Labor leads Coalition on climate change, economy, new poll shows

A gas flare at a processing plant

Just how many major players in the Fossil Fuel Industry will be stung for their tactics to maintain their relevance?

Ensuring claims are truthful will be an enforcement priority for the ACCC this year, and an enduring one, Cass-Gottlieb said, adding international estimates from consumer protection groups put the level of false environmental claims at 40%.

Source: ACCC begins ‘greenwashing’ crackdown on companies’ false environmental claims | Business | The Guardian

 

Michael Moore walks the red carpet ahead of the "Fahreneit 11/9" screening during the 13th Rome Film Fest at Auditorium Parco Della Musica on October 20, 2018 in Rome, Italy. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

To make his point, Moore is going beyond armchair punditry and sending out what he is calling a “tsunami of truth,” where each day leading up to the election he offers one specific factual reason why he is right and why it makes sense to be optimistic.

Source: Michael Moore predicts Democrats will win big in the midterms. Could he be right again? | Salon.com

 

 UNFORTUNATELY THIS DOESN'T ONLY APPLY TO THE USA.

But perhaps the main reason for the public’s amnesia is that Democrats in the US and Labor in the UK have failed to offer what should be the obvious alternative: A bottom-up economics that invests in the education and health of the public, and the infrastructure connecting them. This is the only true path to higher productivity and widely-shared prosperity.

Source: Despite Its Record of Utter Failure, Trickle-Down Economics Is Still With Us. Why? | The Smirking Chimp

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