oil – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:47:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Ms. Nemonte Nenquimo, President of the Waorani Pastaza Organization, CONCONAWEP, following their recent landmark legal victory against the Ecuadorian government, leading to 500,000 acres of Amazon rainforest protected from oil drilling and timber companies — ideaXme — Ira Pastor https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/ms-nemonte-nenquimo-president-of-the-waorani-pastaza-organization-conconawep-following-their-recent-landmark-legal-victory-against-the-ecuadorian-government-leading-to-500000-acres-of-amazon-rai Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:47:16 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=100659 ]]> 50 Year Lie: Sugar industry blames fats https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/50-year-lie-sugar-industry-blames-fats Fri, 03 Jan 2020 23:15:04 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=100456 Whenever someone refers me to a story with alarming facts that should surprise or outrage any thinking human, my spider-sense is activated. Does the story make sense? Is it plausible? If the message contains evidence of being repeated (or forwarded to more than two friends), then whatever is claimed is almost certain to be false.

If the subject is important to me—or if there is any chance that it might influence my view of the world, I check it at Snopes. The reputable web site confirms or debunks many urban legends and all sorts of viral web hype.

You never know what you might learn at Snopes. You can easily be lured into a rabbit hole, digging into the site beyond whatever prompted your visit in the first place.

Fact-checking can be fun! For example:

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