Well, well, well. Looks like the & are implicated in the letter that sent to , the head of , calling him to testify to Congress about the fossil-fuel industry's history of coordinated disinformation campaigns.
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2. So, eg, the letter cites Exxon's advertising themselves (falsely) as making large-scale investments in algae biodiesel research, when they know that such fuel isn't commercially viable.
At least one version of that advertisement was written by the .
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3. This ad is an example of the strategy, cited in the letter, of oil & gas companies "misrepresenting the scale of [their] efforts to develop alternative energy technologies," designed to win public trust & hide their lobbying efforts to block the passage of climate policy.
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4. As & have shown, this is not the first propaganda message that the oil and gas industry has developed with the help of the .
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5. Please pay attention to this. The reputation of your paper will be damaged by the ads you're producing being entered into Congressional evidence of malfeasance on behalf of the fossil fuel industry. How could it not be?
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6. It is long past time that the paper of record stop producing disinformation for the companies fighting climate action.
& are holding these hearings because the climate crisis is real.
The timeline for ending the use of fossil fuels is real.
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7. Want to help? Sign the petition calling on the to stop promoting fossil fuels—by using lies or with any other means.
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