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New Documents Expose Exxon’s Attempt to Suppress Damning Climate Evidence (truthout.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [B] to c/pravda_news@news.abolish.capital
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“Do you believe that statement’s misleading?” “All the clauses in there are patently false. And I told them so.” So reads an exchange from the deposition of Joseph Weissman, an ExxonMobil scientist with the company’s former algae biofuels program. The “patently false” statement in question was a corporate press release claiming algae biofuel was a viable solution to climate change that…

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[–] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Do we really need new evidence?

Of course they knew. Just like they knew that putting lead in the gasoline was poisoning people.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Documenting it for the record is still important, the wheels of justice turn slowly, but they do turn.

    And reminders like this help slowly erode decades of polluter propaganda - the less credibility they have, the harder it is for them to rebuild that illgotten trust.

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    [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    No attempt about it, they successfully covered it up for decades

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