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Russia is responsible for most climate disinformation on the Polish internet

Russia turns out to be the main source of disinformation about energy and climate on the Polish internet. This comes as no surprise – after all, Moscow wants to continue selling its fossil fuels, so it must slow down the energy transition at all costs.

Between May 2022 and May 2024, Russia was the main source of communication in online discussions about green energy on social media and news sites, according to a report [\[MM1\]](#_msocom_1) by the Disinformation Team (pp. Unchecked climate change directly affects the strategic environment, defense installations, resources, and planned operations,” according to the Disinformation Team’s report. undermining the value of research and accusing the scientific community; engaging politicians as climate experts while ignoring the opinions of experts dealing with this issue; conspiracy theories, e.g., the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) as a tool for financial speculation that will lead to Poland’s bankruptcy; manipulating data; „looking for culprits” – shifting responsibility to other entities or institutions, e.g., for negligence related to the energy transition.

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