1/ As millions evacuate from the path of Hurricane #Milton, let's remember the denialist and delayist think tanks and PR companies that have worked so hard to ensure society and our leaders ignore the science and take no action (top chart) 
2/ And offer our particular thoughts to the billionaires, fossil fuel companies and neoliberal fundamentalists who paid them to do it - to the tune of $2.65 BILLION in 2003-2018 (bottom chart)
3/ The climate crisis isn't just happening, it is being done to us
It is the result of a deliberate, very well-funded and decades long campaign of public misinformation and regulatory capture by those opposed to government regulation
It is the result of a deliberate, very well-funded and decades long campaign of public misinformation and regulatory capture by those opposed to government regulation
4/ It is, to my mind, the greatest crime conceivable, and I find it hard to describe it as anything but evil
5/ We are not fighting climate change, we are fighting the people who are preventing us from addresssing it
As you watch the devastation of #Milton, remember that those people have names and addresses, and they're still at it.
As you watch the devastation of #Milton, remember that those people have names and addresses, and they're still at it.
The data are from Robert Brulle et al (2021) Obstructing action: foundation funding and US climate change counter-movement organizations. Climatic Change 166: 17
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