LOL @ lawyer boy... Congress doesn't make policy, they pass laws which the executive branch agencies codify as policy and enforce through rules. Go guzzle some light, sweet crude, I hear it tastes just like Pepsi Zero!
Can the suit name individuals also too? I have this hazy memory of a Secretary of State Rexxon (from the city of Mobil?). He can't have actually been real, as Drumpf only appointed the best. But still it's a nagging memory.
"Needless to say, groups like the California Chamber of Commerce are already crying about how the new law will be a terrible paperwork burden, but let ‘em: Climate accountability will be an increasingly important part of getting emissions under control worldwide."
The corporate disinformation campaign regarding climate change is in its last stages. It's rapidly losing effectiveness, even though enough nitwits (including many in power) still believe to be a problem.
If you want to look at a comparable (IMHO) corporate disinformation campaign that is in full flower right now, look no further than Big Food.
For decades now, America’s biggest food processors have been denying, deflecting and dissembling about their role in harming America’s health. They have labored mightily to keep people from making the connection between two simple facts: the proportion of their products, which flood the shelves and freezers of America’s supermarkets, that are outrageously, unsustainably high in fat, salt, sugar or carbs; and the rise in obesity and subsequent dietary-related health problems, including heart disease and diabetes.
Big Food has done this by using every trick, outlined by Dok in this post, employed by Big Oil:
—Funding disinformation campaigns? Check. See the “Center for Consumer Freedom,” organized by Richard Berman, the same shithead behind Big Oil’s climate lies.
—Deflecting? Check. Big Food relentlessly pushes the falsehood that bad dietary choices can be negated with enough exercise. One of the main ways this was done was by a “scientific agency” funded by Coca-Cola and other processors of sugar-rich products. This worked toward the broader goal of convincing people that obesity was entirely an individual responsibility.
—Greenwashing? Check. Call it “healthwashing.” This is done in various ways, including introducing token low-calorie or sugar-free products, or making “pledges” to, say, reduce sugar in four years – which, needless to say, never get fulfilled.
My point is that we really need to learn from experience. Let’s not let Big Food get away with doing what Big Oil has already done to us. I have ideas on what could be done, but I’ve rambled on a tangential topic long enough.
--"API Senior Vice President and General Council Ryan Meyers similarly grumbled that the lawsuit is “nothing more than a distraction from important national conversations and an enormous waste of California taxpayer resources,”"
I'm good with my taxes going toward calling those fossil fuel jerks on the carpet!
California Sues Big Oil For Embuggering Climate, Being Big Fuckin' Liars
Drink their Milkshake!!!
LOL @ lawyer boy... Congress doesn't make policy, they pass laws which the executive branch agencies codify as policy and enforce through rules. Go guzzle some light, sweet crude, I hear it tastes just like Pepsi Zero!
waaah we have to actually disclose the harm we are doing instead of releasing ambiguous favourable data - waaaah. Cry harder
how much could it actually cost to hire a couple of underpaid flunkies to do that paperwork for you?
Can the suit name individuals also too? I have this hazy memory of a Secretary of State Rexxon (from the city of Mobil?). He can't have actually been real, as Drumpf only appointed the best. But still it's a nagging memory.
Whatever we’re saving for Open Thread cannot be better than this Nice Times story
California is best.
They FUCKED AROUND and now they will FIND OUT!
"Needless to say, groups like the California Chamber of Commerce are already crying about how the new law will be a terrible paperwork burden, but let ‘em: Climate accountability will be an increasingly important part of getting emissions under control worldwide."
go paperless then, assholes.
This is tangential, but I can't help it:
The corporate disinformation campaign regarding climate change is in its last stages. It's rapidly losing effectiveness, even though enough nitwits (including many in power) still believe to be a problem.
If you want to look at a comparable (IMHO) corporate disinformation campaign that is in full flower right now, look no further than Big Food.
For decades now, America’s biggest food processors have been denying, deflecting and dissembling about their role in harming America’s health. They have labored mightily to keep people from making the connection between two simple facts: the proportion of their products, which flood the shelves and freezers of America’s supermarkets, that are outrageously, unsustainably high in fat, salt, sugar or carbs; and the rise in obesity and subsequent dietary-related health problems, including heart disease and diabetes.
Big Food has done this by using every trick, outlined by Dok in this post, employed by Big Oil:
—Funding disinformation campaigns? Check. See the “Center for Consumer Freedom,” organized by Richard Berman, the same shithead behind Big Oil’s climate lies.
—Deflecting? Check. Big Food relentlessly pushes the falsehood that bad dietary choices can be negated with enough exercise. One of the main ways this was done was by a “scientific agency” funded by Coca-Cola and other processors of sugar-rich products. This worked toward the broader goal of convincing people that obesity was entirely an individual responsibility.
—Greenwashing? Check. Call it “healthwashing.” This is done in various ways, including introducing token low-calorie or sugar-free products, or making “pledges” to, say, reduce sugar in four years – which, needless to say, never get fulfilled.
My point is that we really need to learn from experience. Let’s not let Big Food get away with doing what Big Oil has already done to us. I have ideas on what could be done, but I’ve rambled on a tangential topic long enough.
“Climate policy is for Congress to debate and decide, not the court system.”
Oh, so not scientists, eh? Interesting.
gee, almost like when the tobacco industry was allowed for decades to continue with their lies when they knew better.
--"API Senior Vice President and General Council Ryan Meyers similarly grumbled that the lawsuit is “nothing more than a distraction from important national conversations and an enormous waste of California taxpayer resources,”"
I'm good with my taxes going toward calling those fossil fuel jerks on the carpet!
This reminds me of all the strategies used against the tobacco giants in the 80's and 90's. It took forever, but it fuckin' worked!
Seems like lying about the effects of your product is, I dunno, corporate fraud?
(guess we'll have to wait for the Ministry for the Future)
Screw you guys, I'm doing geoengineering!