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Ben Wikler: Exxon Responds to Avaaz Spoof Ad: "We Don't Understand"
This week, Avaaz has been running an advertisement on Washington DC television spoofing ExxonMobil's hypnotically disingenuous ad campaign—you know, the ones where friendly, nerdy people tell you how their work at ExxonMobil will help the environment. The message of our ad was simple: while ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies now talk a good game on climate change, they're still lobbying full-force to prevent a strong global climate treaty. The kind of treaty Obama can help ...
Geoengineering and the New Climate Denialism
Geoengineering and the New Climate Denialism
worldchanging.com — Alex Steffen: This is a draft essay, and obviously still rough in patches. I'd appreciate feedback! -... Alex GEOENGINEERING AND THE NEW CLIMATE DENIALISM by Alex Steffen... (more) Geoengineering and the New Climate Denialism
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Spoof: ExxonMobil's Clean Energy Ads (Video)
TreeHugger — ... Here's Avaaz's take: It's hard to feel bad for ExxonMobil for a lot of reasons, not least because it's ads -- those frank up-close black-and-white shots, that quasi-thoughtful music -- are so easy to parody. The inconvenient truth for ExxonMobil is that its desire doesn't match its actions, which include lobbying against the cap-and-trade legislation in the US Congress and against a global climate treaty at Copenhagen. Ben Wikler of Avaaz.org responds to ExxonMobil's spokesman at The Huffington Post : Mr. Jeffers, sorry for confusing you! Perhaps we could be more clear. We ...

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