Thread by @georgiafrets

Twitter, I’d like to intro you to🌪THE DIRTY DOZEN🌪. These 12 climate supervillains bear disproportionate blame for the crisis ruining our future.

Let’s get #DirtyDozen trending, shall we? It’s well past time to 👏CALL👏THEM👏OUT!👏

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

🧵🪡 THREAD:

#1) THE WOKE-WASHER:

@Chevron CEO Mike Wirth, who would love for us to believe that his company really didn’t mean to ruin the planet! It was an accident, you guys! #DirtyDozen

#2) THE RINGLEADER:

@exxonmobil chairman and CEO Darren Woods, whose company knew about climate change 40+ years ago and didn’t do jack about it - still isn’t! #DirtyDozen

#3) THE ENABLER:

@Chase Bank CEO Jamie Dimon, who’d like us to believe “the solution is not as simple as walking away from fossil fuels” - which definitely has nothing to do with the fact that Chase has poured more $$$ into Big Oil than any other bank… #DirtyDozen

#4) THE FINANCIER

Larry Fink, @BlackRock CEO, whose recent @nytimes op-ed is a great effort to distract from the fact that he oversees one of the world’s largest fossil fuel investment portfolios #DirtyDozen

#5) THE KINGPIN:

Charles Koch of @KochIndustries is trying to backtrack on his dirty deeds (“boy did we screw up!”) even though his company is this year’s top spender on oil and gas lobbying so far #DirtyDozen

#6) THE OBSTRUCTIONIST

Everyone’s least favorite Senate MINORITY leader Mitch McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) makes a hobby of blocking congressional climate action to own the libs. “I’m not a scientist!” he says. We know, Mitch — we know. #DirtyDozen

#7) THE SABOTEUR

@Sen_JoeManchin pretends his current sabotage of Biden’s infrastructure plan is because he just cares SO MUCH about the working class of WV, when it’s actually because he’s corrupted by lobbying money and is a LITERAL coal baron! #DirtyDozen

#8) THE PROPAGANDIST

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg — whose company has been alllll over the news lately for their misdeeds — captains a ship of disinformation, which he’s used to build his abysmally large net worth of 120 BILLION dollars… #DirtyDozen

#9) THE TYCOON

***@succession theme plays***

Fox News godfather @rupertmurdoch, CEO of News Corp, has made his fortune off climate denial and misinformation — though he would very much like for us to believe otherwise #DirtyDozen

#10) THE DESTROYER

The Lorax would like to have a word with @Cargill CEO David MacLennan, who leaves behind him a massive legacy of deforestation due to soy and beef production #DirtyDozen

#11) THE FABULIST

@richardwedelman is a master manipulator and greenwashing star. He’s the CEO of Edelman PR, a firm that’s racked in tens of millions of dollars making companies like Shell and ExxonMobil look good 👀 #DirtyDozen

#12) THE SMOOTH TALKER

Last but not least is lawyer @BoutrousTed, who wants to be known as a 1st amendment defender… but his REAL legacy is in profiteering: he earns over $2k an hour defending oil companies in climate liability cases and is Chevron’s head lawyer! #DirtyDozen

CREDITS:

Screenshots and research from today’s article in the @guardian linked in first tweet— coauthored by me, @amywestervelt, and @Liat_RO.

Special thanks to our Guardian editor @iamsakuma and AMAZING illustrator Jason Goad.

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