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A strategy memo from Big Oil to Republicans

A satirical note inspired by last week's six-hour hearing on climate disinformation.

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A real, not imagined, Exxon strategy memo from 1988 titled “The Greenhouse Effect,” in which a company public affairs manager noted scientific consensus on the role fossil fuels play in global warming before writing that the company should “emphasize the uncertainty.” (Source: LA Times).

Don’t fear climate change. Fear a life without oil. That was Republ…

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