"…If an industry doesn’t acknowledge the massive harm of its products; then publicly denies those harms for decades while acknowledging them internally; then makes false promises to fix those harms once forced to acknowledge them; and then spends billions to delay time-sensitive solutions through advertising, lobbying, campaign spending, and public school educational material—then yeah. I think it’s fair to say an industry has entered villain territory"
https://heated.world/p/why-vilify-the-oil-and-gas-industry
Anirvan Chatterjee /
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2024-08-20 00:00:01
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