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Seriously @Shell_UKLtd, what the f***?

Is it any surprise the public sees climate crisis as an insurmountable problem of individual responsibility when fossil fuel co's promote unrealistic, cutesy 'alternatives' rather than, say, expansion & electrification of public transport?
@Shell_UKLtd @amywestervelt @MaryHeglar @leahstokes @KateAronoff @emorwee @NaomiOreskes @MichaelEMann @KHayhoe @billmckibben @350 Toss this onto the pile of fossil fuel industry climate propaganda targeting news and social media (scroll through threads to explore my growing compilation): twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@Shell_UKLtd @amywestervelt @MaryHeglar @leahstokes @KateAronoff @emorwee @NaomiOreskes @MichaelEMann @KHayhoe @billmckibben @350 Oh this one definitely goes on the pile too. h/t @catcrawley!
@Shell_UKLtd @amywestervelt @MaryHeglar @leahstokes @KateAronoff @emorwee @NaomiOreskes @MichaelEMann @KHayhoe @billmckibben @350 @catcrawley Another one here to toss on the pile. Thanks @morphizm!
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🎙️ I was on the radio this morning @NPR @WBUR's Morning Edition with @bob_oakes, talking about how the fossil fuel industry has deceived - and is deceiving - the American people about climate change. #ExxonKnew #AmericaMisled

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OUT NOW: #AmericaMisled, a new report from colleagues & I synthesizing a decade+ of research showing how the fossil fuel industry deliberately denied Americans their right to be accurately informed about climate change, & how to fight back. THREAD

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BREAKING: Massachusetts Attorney General is poised to sue ExxonMobil for allegedly deceiving consumers about global warming, joining New York in escalating from investigation to lawsuit. 1/n #ExxonKnew news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-an…
2/n: For the most up-to-date summary of how fossil fuel interests knowingly confused the public & sabotaged policy, see last month's amicus brief by my colleagues & I supporting Maryland's climate lawsuit:
3/n: For those more visually inclined, I testified to EU Parliament about ExxonMobil's history of climate denial and delay in March. You can watch that here (scroll to bottom for video of the hearing itself):
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