Define Global Warming: Skeptics Rampant on Twitter

Skeptics of global warming and climate change abound on the Internet, flooding Twitter with articles and information that often define this contentious issue as a hoax.

Here are nine Twitter feeds that offer information from groups and individuals who don’t believe climate change is the serious issue that others say it is; even if they accept that climate change is occurring, many believe it is not caused by man’s actions, but is part of cyclical weather patterns.

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The Last Great Stand
@LastGreatStand
Followers: 42,700+
Bio: "Un-silent Majority JACKSONVILLE resident sick of this Liberal INSANITY. It HAS to end! Visit Facebook and my Blog. We MUST stop the madness!!!"

After $$BILLIONS Spent And Thousands Of Live Destroyed, CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX! - http://t.co/SnQcO05o1y pic.twitter.com/yHjvheyq5C
— The Last Great Stand (@LastGreatStand) October 28, 2014

Lenar Whitney
@LenarWhitney
Followers: 3,000+
Bio: "Candidate for Congress in Louisiana's Sixth District. Currently a Louisiana State Representative and RNC Committeewoman.”

NASA: “Opinions vary about the hiatus, as some view it as evidence that man-made global warming is a myth." http://t.co/GYUTLDX9jV
— Lenar Whitney (@LenarWhitney) August 7, 2014

Climate Realists
@ClimateRealists
Followers: 7,400+
Bio: "A Realistic Take On Climate Change by Climate Realists. Climate Realists Do NOT Support AGW. Visit thehttp://ClimateRealists.com site for more."

MUST READ: Alan Caruba: The Lies Phony Climate Experts Tell http://t.co/NtvIrRA5RZ pic.twitter.com/HRHzrE0X6r
— Climate Realists (@ClimateRealists) November 2, 2014

American Enterprise Institute
@AEI
Followers: 40,200+
Bio: “Cherish freedom? The power of enterprise? Opportunity for all? It's these core beliefs that drive the scholars and staff at the American Enterprise Institute.”

Is climate change debate actually about wealth redistribution from red to blue states instead of carbon dioxide? http://t.co/K4kyScIguB
— AEI (@AEI) July 25, 2013

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Americans for Prosperity
@AFPhq
Followers: 115,000+
Bio: "Lower taxes, more economic freedom! Together with over 2.3 million activists we are advancing prosperity for every American. RT does not = endorsement."

Fighting global warming by bankrupting hardworking families is not the answer. http://t.co/FmpxXRc2hH
— AFP (@AFPhq) June 5, 2014

ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council)
@ALEC_states
Followers: 8,900+
Bio: "ALEC is the nation's largest individual membership association of state legislators, supporting limited government, free markets and federalism."

ALEC is widely quoted in the media as being an organization that doesn’t believe in climate change. However, on its website, ALEC said, “Climate change is a historical phenomenon and the debate will continue on the significance of natural and anthropogenic contributions. ALEC will continue to monitor the issue and support the use of sound science to guide policy, but ALEC will also incorporate economic and political realism.”

Heartland Institute
@HeartlandInst
Followers: 10,000+
Bio: "National public policy think tank specializing in free-market policy solutions."

Michael Crichton was right about today's #climate alarmist hysteria. The facts: http://t.co/Nv2Sz4MeKd #P2 #globalwarming
— Heartland Institute (@HeartlandInst) November 2, 2014

John Coleman
@JohnColemanMRWX
Followers: 1,900+
Bio: "Old weatherman: Good Morning America, Chicago, Milwaukee, Omaha, Peoria and Champaign, Illinois. U of I. Founded The Weather Channel."

This evening my Climate Change Skeptical position will get a chance to shine on the Kelly File on Fox News Channel pic.twitter.com/RZcMrPLm0X
— John Coleman (@JohnColemanMRWX) October 27, 2014

Matt Barber
@jmattbarber
Followers: 77,300+
Bio: "Christ follower. Founder of @barbwirecom. Lawyer. Author. Columnist (WND, TheBlaze, WashTimes, etc). Husband. Dad. Ex-pro boxer. Liberal-ticker-offer."