Ha good. Today”s Guardian is running a story on how the Royal Society - the UK”s national academy of science - has ticked off ExxonMobil for their dodgy dealings regarding climate change and have demanded:
” that the company withdraws support for dozens of groups that have “misrepresented the science of climate change by outright denial of the evidence”.
Apparently the Royal Society has done its own research into the extent of Exxon”s funding to such groups - which include the
International Policy Network.
As highlighted under the Campaigns page- ExxonMobil/Esso Mobil/Esso spend more than any other company on denying the existence of climate change.
Take a look at Exxonsecrets for more documentation on groups who have received funding from ExxonMobil.
I also posted something about Exxon in connection with George Monbiot’s book “Heat.” The climate change denial industry seems to be on the run. We have to keep up the pressure.
The number of groups they fund is amazing!
With so many corporate-sponsored spindoctors out there trying to give the mass media their side of the story, I gain a new respect for journalists and campaigners out there who manage to balance it out at all. Privately sponsored think-tanks are one thing, but it seems that academics have managed to keep some independence. So far. I wonder if this will last?
How to decommodify the production of knowledge and news?
Simply tell the truth loud and clear. The issue of corporate responsibility has transcended economics and ethics to become a matter of the survival of our species.