Science Media Centre of Canada (SMCC) condemns Alberta's efforts to discredit climate journalists.
S M C C Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. Runs a "war room" at taxpayers expense which spreads false information about environmental groups. Alberta Inquiry Paid $28K for a Report Smearing Hundreds of Climate Journalists The Science Media Centre of Canada (SMCC) condemns all attempts by governments and third-party agencies to discredit the work journalists undertake to cover climate change in Canada. Numerous journalistic bodies — including the Society of Environmental Journalists — are smeared in a new Government of Alberta-bankrolled report. It's called, "A New Global Paradigm: Understanding the Transnational Progressive Movement, the Energy Transition and the Great Transformation Strangling Alberta’s Petroleum Industry." This report was produced as part of the provincial government’s $3.5 million inquiry into international opposition to Alberta’s oilsands. The report argues that journalists are part of a “disturbing” movement to “coordinate and effectively d