For those of us old enough to remember all of the years of litigation to finally bring down the tobacco industry, that will be nothing compared to what big oil has to bring to bear against any suits. This will go two ways. The DOJ will file it in a deep hole there, never to to see the light of day again until Garland is just a bad memory or it will be taken up by some young aggressive group of federal lawyers and take decades to bring to any conclusion. I will likely be long gone by then, along with a large portion of the poorer populations living near any fossil fuel industry infrastructure. That is how badly these global corporations own the politicians and governments.
Heated team - thanks for your continued work in this critically important space. I know you’ve written about it in the past, but maybe it’s time to shed another light on the mainstream media’s role in propping up the fossil fuel industry through advertising false solutions. How much money is the New York Times, for example, taking from fossil fuel companies or their industry shills to attempt to prolong their social license to operate? What do you suggest we do about it besides flood the paper’s leadership with input from their subscribers? I’m considering dropping my Times subscription if I see one more BP or ExxonMobil ad with some cheerful tagline like these corporate villains are some kind of heroes doing good work.
I think "sustainable energy sources" means "companies I can count on to continue funding my campaigns". Seems a reasonable translation.
For those of us old enough to remember all of the years of litigation to finally bring down the tobacco industry, that will be nothing compared to what big oil has to bring to bear against any suits. This will go two ways. The DOJ will file it in a deep hole there, never to to see the light of day again until Garland is just a bad memory or it will be taken up by some young aggressive group of federal lawyers and take decades to bring to any conclusion. I will likely be long gone by then, along with a large portion of the poorer populations living near any fossil fuel industry infrastructure. That is how badly these global corporations own the politicians and governments.
🙌🏽 Raskin and Whitehouse 🙌🏽 Go get those lying, greedy corporate zombies. #Democrats #VoteBlue
Heated team - thanks for your continued work in this critically important space. I know you’ve written about it in the past, but maybe it’s time to shed another light on the mainstream media’s role in propping up the fossil fuel industry through advertising false solutions. How much money is the New York Times, for example, taking from fossil fuel companies or their industry shills to attempt to prolong their social license to operate? What do you suggest we do about it besides flood the paper’s leadership with input from their subscribers? I’m considering dropping my Times subscription if I see one more BP or ExxonMobil ad with some cheerful tagline like these corporate villains are some kind of heroes doing good work.
Great news. I think with California suing as well, the momentum is there for a DOJ lawsuit, probably not before the election.
Your work and the work of HEATED helped make this possible, so thank you both for everything you do!
This is great. I hope EU institutions will also fund a way to sue
I'm not expecting criminal charges either if it comes to fruition, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.