Grifter

A grifter is a con artist or swindler who gets money or property from people through fraud, lies, and clever deception rather than by physical force.

Via: Turning a horrific loss of life into an immediate climate-change narrative without demonstrating that CO₂ caused this particular event isn't attribution. It's opportunism. And the people exploiting tragedy to do it are grifters. https://x.com/MatthewWielicki/status/2092974888340660608