Anti-fossil fuel activists unsuccessfully attempted to lobby to remove Michael Moore’s documentary panning green energy over claims that it contains pro-oil industry misinformation.
Activist Josh Fox (pictured), climate scientist Michael Mann and other environmentalists signed onto a petition Friday asking the producer to take down “Planet of the Humans,” saying Moore’s film relies on old data to claim solar and wind energy is dependent on fossil fuels.
Films for Action, which claimed credit for the film, said in a statement Saturday that it nixed the film before putting it back online, saying the move was meant to engage in debate.
“We are disheartened and dismayed to report that the film is full of misinformation — so much so that for half a day we removed the film from the site,” Films for Action noted in a press statement Saturday. “Ultimately, we decided to put it back up because we believe media literacy, critique, and debate is the best solution to misinformation.”
“Planet of the Humans,” for its part, posted a media alert after publication warning viewers that the movie is distributed through Rumble Media, noting also that the film’s producers are not affiliated with Films for Action.
Films for Action nevertheless shared some of its thoughts on the film’s premise, which was directed by environmentalist Jeff Gibbs and argued human beings are the problem, not energy production
“We still need to transition to 100% renewable energy. There is no other option. But the delusion that we need to dispel is the idea that renewables can power our industrial civilization as is, and that these technologies are entirely ‘green’ when they are themselves still destructive,” Films for Action noted in the statement.
Gibbs and Moore lashed into wind, solar, and biomass in particular.
“Green energy is not going to save us,” Gibbs noted in the film before focusing his ire on environmentalists Bill McKibben, Van Jones, Robert F. Kennedy, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, all of whom push for a combination of solar panels, nuclear or wind power to replace oil production.
Fox, who’s perhaps best known for producing the anti-fracking film “Gasland,” told his Twitter followers Friday that the attempt to take down the film was successful.
He included in the tweet a screenshot of Films for Action’s statement, which did not include the section of the post explaining why the producer opted not to take down the film.
1) I just received notice that the distributor of Michael Moore’s #PlanetoftheHumans is taking the film down due to misinformation in the film.
Thank you to @FilmsForAction for responding to our demand for a retraction and an apology from @mmflint.
See below. And thank you to… pic.twitter.com/3ZzkLhTVyC— Josh Fox EndFossilFuels (@joshfoxfilm) April 24, 2020
Neither Fox, Mann, nor “Planet of the Humans” has replied to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
Mann, a Pennsylvania State University professor, has been criticized in recent years for embellishing his credentials. Environmentalists wrote reviews of the film after it was posted for free on YouTube claiming that the movie relies on old, outdated information.
Fox is a proponent of the Green New Deal, a policy idea meant to aggressively transition the United States away from the oil industry.
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Planet of the Humans” posted a media advisory on its website noting that the film is distributed through Rumble Media and that the film is not affiliated with Films for Action.
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Frankly Fox and Mann can take their stupid petition and shove it you know where these two like Gore and DiCaprio are Con Artists selling the fake cure for a problem that only exitists in their small minds its quite plain these two scoundrels have a secret their hiding
Nice to seethat at least some environmentalists see nuclear as being an acceptable option. Dr. Patric Moore may be making his mark after all.
So now can we see some real money plowed into low level active waste plants like molten salt lithium reactors (they can burn up some of the high level waste from existing reactors too)!
Showing their true colors. Banish or destroy that with which you disagree.