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We haven’t found the smoking gun yet, but it sure as hell looks like ExxonMobil was involved in a massive hacking operation to silence their critics (including me).

The Wall Street Journal tells the wild story in this bombshell of a piece. wsj.com/articles/massi…
Prosecutors haven’t yet found a clear line connecting Exxon to the hacking operation, but it’s really the only plausible explanation for why a hacker-for-hire would come after us and leak an email that was at the center of Exxon’s legal strategy on #ExxonKnew.
If it *does* emerge that Exxon or one of their front groups was behind the attack, they’re going to be facing felony level charges and it will be a MAJOR scandal.
We’ve always know that Exxon and their fossil fuel cronies will stop at nothing to try and silence and intimidate anyone who takes them on. But we aren’t scared and I know millions of you aren’t either.

They knew. They lied. Make them pay.
p.s. At least one person would be impressed if it turned out Exxon hired the hackers.

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Oct 26, 2022
How bad is @HKStrategies, the firm that is running communications for the UN Climate Talks #COP27?

Let's look at just one of their (many) greenwashing campaigns for Big Oil giant @Shell.

Grab a cup of coffee (literally) 🧵 Image
Here again is the story in @openDemocracy that broke the news that the Egyptian government has hired @HKStrategies to run communications for the #COP27 climate talks starting in 2 weeks. opendemocracy.net/en/cop27-hillk…
The scandal has continued to grow over the last 5 days.

@GretaThunberg, Egyptian human rights activist @Monasosh and many others have shared the news...and new stories keep coming out. prweek.com/article/180301…
Read 14 tweets
Oct 21, 2022
BREAKING: The PR firm hired by Egypt for COP27 is none other than Hill+Knowlton, who worked with Big Tobacco and currently runs the “Oil & Gas Climate Initiative,” an industry front group.

This is as dirty as it gets. opendemocracy.net/en/cop27-hillk…
@HKStrategies needs to either drop their fossil fuel clients or COP27 should drop them.

They’ve got clear conflicts of interest and shouldn’t be allowed to be helping run the climate talks.
To be clear: Egypt, the COP27 host country, hired @HKStrategies, not the UNFCCC.

In fact, the UNSG @antonioguterres has called out the “public relations machine raking in billions to shield the fossil fuel industry from scrutiny.”

That’s H+K defined.
Read 6 tweets
Sep 20, 2022
WOW! In his General Assembly speech, the UN Secretary General just *blasted* fossil fuel industry enablers -- calling out the PR and advertising industry for the first time!

“Our world is addicted to fossil fuels. It’s time for an intervention."

Here's an excerpt 🧵
“Our world is addicted to fossil fuels. It’s time for an intervention.

We need to hold fossil fuel companies and their enablers to account.
"That includes the banks, private equity, asset managers and other financial institutions that continue to invest and underwrite carbon pollution.

And it includes the massive public relations machine raking in billions to shield the fossil fuel industry from scrutiny.
Read 9 tweets
Sep 14, 2022
This is a *HUGE* freaking deal: Congress has obtained documents that show Big Oil companies actively lying about their climate commitments and coordinating to downplay their support for the Paris Agreement.

That's fraud.

A quick 🧵
nytimes.com/2022/09/14/cli…
There are so many wild parts to this article it's hard to track all of them.

First, a revelation that Exxon pressed an industry trade group to remove any mention of the Paris Agreement from a policy document. Exxon says it supports Paris -- but clearly not.
Next up: Shell created talking points for its US president that said that the company's commitment to net zero has "nothing to do with our business plans." 🤯

What does it have to do with, then? Oh yeah: lying to the public.
Read 12 tweets
Sep 12, 2022
The GOP permitting bill that Sen. Capito just introduced is a dumpster fire of climate denial and industry giveaways that will only deepen our dependence on the fossil fuels that are destroying our climate.

Let's go through this burning trash heap 🧵epw.senate.gov/public/index.c…
You know anything that starts with "Codifies the Trump Administration's...." is going to be a disaster.

In this case, the GOP is trying to follow through on Trump's attempts to gut the National Environmental Protection Act, the "magna carta" of environmental law.
It begins with attacks on the Clean Water Act and other water protections. Republican's think it's a real bummer that corporations can't dump toxic waste, coal ash, and fracking fluids into our streams and rivers.

That's a big problem if you...drink water.
Read 13 tweets
Sep 12, 2022
Get ready for a BIG week of Big Oil accountability in Washington, with Democrats going after the industry's lawsuits, lies, and obscene profits.

First up, on Tuesday, Natural Resources is hosting a hearing on PR agencies that spread disinformation on behalf of Big Oil. Image
PR and Ad agencies play a *huge* role in blocking climate action and this hearing will shine a major spotlight on the industry.

Over at @cleancreatives, we could hardly be more excited. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
Also on Tuesday morning, @RepRaskin is hosting a hearing on how the fossil fuel industry goes after climate defenders with SLAPP suits and other forms of legal intimidation. This is a *huge* problem and it's critical to see Congress investigating it.
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