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Must-read investigation of @FTIConsulting, a key group of propagandists-for-hire working behind the scenes for Big Fossil.
(Mini-thread) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/climate/fti-consulting.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
(Mini-thread) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/climate/fti-consulting.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
. @FTIConsulting, under the direction of @exxonmobil, writes hit pieces on academic researchers (including me) for @EnergyInDepth, a propaganda site funded by Big Oil.
Amazingly, one article tag is actually "Benjamin Franta."
Go ahead & search yourself: https://www.energyindepth.org/
Amazingly, one article tag is actually "Benjamin Franta."
Go ahead & search yourself: https://www.energyindepth.org/
That's how Big Oil's defense operates: it can't fight the truth, so it attacks the messengers.
Someone at @EnergyInDepth (an unfortunate @FTIConsulting employee?) literally watches my academic talks online & pulls quotes to write hit pieces.
The latest: https://eidclimate.org/gone-fishing-activists-admit-that-uncovering-documents-not-winning-is-goal-of-climate-litigation/
Someone at @EnergyInDepth (an unfortunate @FTIConsulting employee?) literally watches my academic talks online & pulls quotes to write hit pieces.
The latest: https://eidclimate.org/gone-fishing-activists-admit-that-uncovering-documents-not-winning-is-goal-of-climate-litigation/
In its attack pieces, @EnergyInDepth likes to call me an "anti-fossil fuel activist."
Is that like being an anti-catastrophe activist?
An anti-death activist?
A pro-let's-not-destroy-civilization activist?
Heavens...We mustn't have that!
Is that like being an anti-catastrophe activist?
An anti-death activist?
A pro-let's-not-destroy-civilization activist?
Heavens...We mustn't have that!
. @FTIConsulting also uses fake social media accounts to track Big Oil's adversaries.
It will probably see this tweet.
And it might be reading yours, just in case you ever become a problem for Big Fossil.
It will probably see this tweet.
And it might be reading yours, just in case you ever become a problem for Big Fossil.
Oh, and those "studies" against fossil fuel divestment?
You know, the ones from the ostensibly independent economic consulting firm @compasslexecon?
Well, it turns out @compasslexecon is a wholly owned subsidiary of @FTIConsulting.
Almost like a coordinated...ah, never mind...
You know, the ones from the ostensibly independent economic consulting firm @compasslexecon?
Well, it turns out @compasslexecon is a wholly owned subsidiary of @FTIConsulting.
Almost like a coordinated...ah, never mind...
Congratulations to @HirokoTabuchi for uncovering a key group in Big Fossil's campaign to conceal its historical knowledge of global warming and promote further delay, more profits for itself & more damage for everyone else.
@FTIConsulting: Enjoy it while it lasts, I guess?
@FTIConsulting: Enjoy it while it lasts, I guess?
Finally, if you're a social scientist doing peer-reviewed research on climate politics, check out @ClimateSSN, because the world needs you, and we're stronger together!
