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“The [climate issue] perception gap is an information problem”

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Ingmar Rentzhog’s August 16, 2026 Forbes article “Why The 89% Climate Majority Keeps Losing” asserts that while polling shows a supposed 89% majority of people approve action to stop climate change, this ‘majority’ is seemingly unaware of how they have the public pressure power to get such action done. With particular regard to what he suggests is the disparity between having power and then using it, he offered this basic truism:

The perception gap is an information problem, and information problems can be fixed.

Yes, the climate issue problem absolutely can be fixed with more information … just in the diametrically opposite way he’s proposing. Continue reading →

Did Gelbspan Prompt the BBC to Avoid Giving ‘Unfair Media Balance’ to Skeptic Climate Scientists?

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In late 2012, an interesting scandal broke out concerning how the British Broadcasting Service – the BBC – was trying very hard to avoid releasing the names of ‘experts’ who had contributed to a report which concluded that the BBC wasn’t especially obligated to give equal time to skeptics on the topic of man-caused global warming. While the subsequent release of the names revealed the ‘experts’ were potentially quite biased, the question remains, what caused the BBC to heed the advice of such people in the first place? Continue reading →