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REVEALED: Internal memo (left) shows Mobil funded pioneering climate science in 1990s to deepen its "technical info & understanding", while simultaneously publishing climate-denying ads in @nytimes (right). As I tell @guardian, this is a "wake-up call for university leaders". 1/n 1993 Mobil internal grant recommendation form describing funding of climate science research at Lamont-Doherty lab at Columbia University. Document lists explicit Advertorial published by Mobil on op-ed page of New York Times in 1993, entitled
2/n: Mobil had inside access to climate models "that will be the basis for regulatory action". Privately self-proclaimed funding "Benefits to Mobil" such as these epitomize what @BenFranta & I term fossil fuel industry's invisible colonization of academia: theguardian.com/environment/cl…
3/n: In other words, I tell @guardian: "Fossil fuel funding is not free. When you take it, you pay with your university’s social license. You pay by helping facilitate these companies’ political and public relations tactics." theguardian.com/business/2019/…
4/n: Also, as @SharonKellyEsq reports, these "Benefits to Mobil" in exchange for tax-exempt donations to not-for-profits "may have violated federal law." theguardian.com/business/2019/…
5/n: These documents also reaffirm what @naomioreskes & I (& journalists @insideclimate) have shown: #MobilKnew+#ExxonKnew the potential dangers of their products, & they responded by misleading the public about basic climate science and its implications. nytimes.com/2017/08/22/opi…
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MIT has a dirty money problem. From convicted sex-offenders, to undemocratic totalitarian governments, to climate denying/delaying fossil fuel interests & libertarian billionaires, there seems to be nobody my alma mater won't take cash from. THREAD. 1/n
2/n: I spent years alongside fellow students & faculty urging @MIT to cut ties with fossil fuel companies, only to see our appeals fall on deaf ears. Thus, revelations about MIT's alleged concealed ties to #Epstein are despicable & embarrassing, yet not altogether surprising.
3/n: MIT is a place that on the one hand condemns Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses, yet on the other can rationalize continuing to do business with both the kingdom and its government-controlled companies. nytimes.com/2019/07/03/mag… chronicle.com/article/MIT-Of…
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As if fossil fuel propaganda targeting climate journalism & social media isn't bad enough, it turns out @Google is also promoting climate denial on its apps and mobile homepage, @Zhirji28 & @RMac18 @BuzzFeedNews report. 1/n buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanma…
2/n: ⬆️ Add that to my growing, sporadic list of targeted online climate denial+delay propaganda:
c.c. @NaomiOreskes, @KHayhoe, @amywestervelt, @MichaelEMann, @rahmstorf, @dan_kammen, @RBrulle
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Apparently @andersoncooper #ClimateTownHall just cited my & @NaomiOreskes's peer-reviewed study showing how #ExxonKnew about the global warming dangers of its products decades ago, then turned around & orchestrated a massive disinformation campaign to mislead the public. THREAD.
2/n: First, it's pretty surreal (& brilliant!) to have @CNN suddenly covering the s*** out of the climate crisis, helping to #EndClimateSilence. Less fantastic is that it's behind a pay wall, meaning many of us (including moi) can't actually watch it.
3/n: Second, & even more surreal: Who could've imagined presidential candidates in any previous election out-bidding one another to call out the fossil fuel industry as a bad actor that must be held legally, financially, & socially accountable for their climate denial & damages?
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