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How's the hearing with the oil execs going? Anyone live-tweeting it?
Hm, lots of people are! Probably the best way to see a cross section is to follow #SlipperySix.
One thing that doesn't surprise me in the least, which the hearing is making v. clear: the GOP is far more denialist, far more blind in its fealty to fossil fuels, than *oil executives themselves*.
The @OversightDems hearing into fossil-fuel disinformation, like the @nytimes @TBrandStudio ads that are exhibits in Congress' investigation, is getting underway!
Watch here👇
Let's gooo!
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Watch here👇
Let's gooo!
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Ok @RepMaloney is preaching the TRUTH in her opening remarks!
*The PR of the oil and gas companies is belied by their upstream investments and their lobbying to block climate policy.
HELL YES.
"We will not stop until we get to the truth." 💥
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*The PR of the oil and gas companies is belied by their upstream investments and their lobbying to block climate policy.
HELL YES.
"We will not stop until we get to the truth." 💥
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Rep. Comer is a fossil fuel ally who goes for the legitimacy of the hearings right out of the gate.
"Inflation"! "Gas Prices"! "Heating Bills"! "Immigrants"! "Afganistan"!
Nothing about the climate crisis here.
Too bad it's too early for a drinking game...
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"Inflation"! "Gas Prices"! "Heating Bills"! "Immigrants"! "Afganistan"!
Nothing about the climate crisis here.
Too bad it's too early for a drinking game...
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I'm on my way to DC to watch the #SlipperySix fossil-fuel disinformation hearings with some fierce allies, and I plan to live-tweet the day.
Tonight I want to post some "pre-bunking" of a couple of talking points we're sure to see tomorrow.
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Tonight I want to post some "pre-bunking" of a couple of talking points we're sure to see tomorrow.
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As exposed by @RBrulle @MichaelEMann @GeoffreySupran @BenFranta @NaomiOreskes and others, the cornerstone of the current fossil-fuel disinformation strategy is the rebranding of oil and gas companies as trustworthy partners in the clean-energy transition.
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This rebranding has been achieved largely through false advertising & corporate sponsorship of academic programs, as well integration into scientific events & the COPs.
Hence the need for @cleancreatives and the @adsnotfit2print campaign.
adsnotfittoprint.com
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Hence the need for @cleancreatives and the @adsnotfit2print campaign.
adsnotfittoprint.com
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Here are some of the questions I think Congress should ask the #SlipperySix oil executives at this historic Big Oil hearing tomorrow:
1. Do you admit your company lied to the American people about the climate crisis? oversight.house.gov/legislation/he…
1. Do you admit your company lied to the American people about the climate crisis? oversight.house.gov/legislation/he…
2. Mr. Woods, there's clear evidence that Exxon scientists knew that your product was driving the climate crisis as early as the 1970s. Will you finally come clean and admit that your company then went on to lie about the problem? #SlipperySix insideclimatenews.org/project/exxon-…
3. Mr. Lawler -- BP famously rebranded itself as Beyond Petroleum, but then kept producing oil and spilling it in the Gulf of Mexico. You've now rebranded yourself again as a green company. Are you intentionally engaging in greenwashing? #SlipperySix independent.co.uk/news/business/…
