Thread by @DoctorVive

💥ACTION ALERT💥 To do this weekend!

The @nytimes is hosting Darren Woods, CEO of Exxon, at its DealBook Summit with @andrewrsorkin next week, a disgusting example of their shameful ignorance about the #ClimateCrisis at the Paper of Record.

THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU!

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In the next tweets you'll find an email you can copy & paste (or adapt to your taste) & send to [e-mail] & [e-mail].

Let them know climate disinformation should have no place in the "legitimate" news media!

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO! 💚

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To the Editors:

I'm writing to express my dismay that The New York Times is hosting Darren Woods, the CEO of Exxon, at its DealBook Summit next week. It is 2021, and our planet has already heated by 1.2°C.

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Mr. Woods was called before Congress last week to testify about his company's history of spreading climate disinformation. Congress has issued a subpoena to Mr. Woods in its investigation.

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It is unconscionable (outrageous / disgusting / horrifying) that The New York Times is giving Mr. Woods a platform to continue to spread the lie that his company is fighting climate change.

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Exxon is a member of the American Petroleum Institute, which spends billions on advertising and lobbying against climate policy,

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and far from transforming itself into a clean-energy company, it is continuing to expand its oil and gas extraction business even though both the IPCC and IEA say that doing so will lead to catastrophic levels of global heating.

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I ask The New York Times to join the reality-based community, which acknowledges the threat of fossil fuels to our children, and rescind its invitation to Mr. Woods.

Best,
YOUR NAME

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https://twitter.com/NaomiOreskes/status/1457083521210716165?s=20