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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 05:22:59 UTC Robert McNees

   “Scientists failed for decades to communicate the coming risks of climate change to policymakers and the public, and now they have to debate Hexxus, the pollution monster from the movie Ferngully, on a podcast sponsored by ExxonMobil.”

   https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4057045-catch-22-scientific-communication-failures-linked-to-faster-rising-seas/

   • Incognitim (incognitim@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 13:24:35 UTC Incognitim

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     @mcnees
     Either that, or the policymakers couldn't hear them because they were up to their ears in oil lobby money, and the public never got the memo because the same people who sit on the boards of media companies also sit on the boards of companies that are addicted to cheap energy.