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Wait Till You See These Secret Memos Laying Out Activists’ Plans to Target Exxon
Apr. 15, 2016
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New reports by the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Free Beacon have further exposed how anti-fossil fuel activists colluded to push politically-motivated investigations of climate dissent, adding to a series of reports from Energy In Depth that already uncovered the funding and inspiration behind the broader campaign.
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Bob Good
Posted at 11:22 am, April 15, 2016I guess the real question is, what is the Rockerfeller’s real motive for doing this? They probably put more carbon in the atmosphere per unit time than a hundred thousand of us normal folks. And, they probably won’t cut back their use… ever!
Elizabeth
Posted at 1:25 am, April 29, 2016Interestingly, Rockefeller (even with their family history in oil) pulled out investments from fossil fuels in 2014. They may be serious about the climate change movement. In the past, they have actually campaigned groups opposed to fracking and the Keystone XL pipeline.
Maybe they are looking to make investments in renewable energy – but they are definitely cutting ties with carbon.
Karen Orlando
Posted at 4:36 pm, April 15, 2016Why do I see nothing so far about this calling into question the climate benefits of fracking over coal as presumably this is about natural gas? Considering bill mckibben just published a piece in the nation that does just that and considering that the working families party was also involved in the ban fracking movement in NY which used questioning the climate benefits of natural gas over coal as one of its strategies to stop fracking for natural gas in NY, one might think someone would focus on this part as well. Also seems timely as Bernie Sanders and the antifracking movement have been in the news very recently as well in NY.
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Posted at 5:42 pm, March 27, 2017Defamation, libel and slander with intent. It seems open and shut and this type of strategizing is not unique to Greenpeace. I’d say it’s M.O of all the hard left activist groups. Its just rare we’d be able to see such iron clad evidence. Now its Greenpeace that should (rightfully) take a hit to its reputation. Let a big fat judgment be levied against it so other deceitful activist groups think twice about such dishonorable tactics
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