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America Should Buy Out the Fossil Fuel Industry
This time it’s not just about saving our banks, keeping our schools intact, or fighting a war. This time, it’s about saving the world
Back on October 13th, I wrote an article here titled When Will the Victims of Oil Companies’ Lies Get Their Day In Court? detailing how Big Oil has been deceiving Americans — and, thus, killing Americans and our climate — for more than a half-century. Their model, “Doubt is our product,” was borrowed from the tobacco industry and weaponized against us.
Suing the big oil companies like we did the tobacco companies is a good start, but we need more to get our climate-destroying emissions under control.
And the industry is doing everything they can to make sure we never hold them accountable. Taxpayers for Common Sense documents how the industry fielded over 700 lobbyists just last year, spending almost $120 million to buy legislators across Washington, DC.
They’re also not just lobbying intensely at the federal level, but have gotten they’re toadies appointed to boards that oversee state climate policy, as is happening in New York State right now.
They’re even making their pitch to voters. As InfluenceMap, which tracks online advertising…
