Biggest US coal company bankrolled vast climate denier network

[Taco Truck 🚚]

I guess bankruptcy has its upside.  During Peabody's bankruptcy proceedings we get a peek at some of their documents and what we see is filthy.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/13/peabody-energy-coal-mining-climate-change-denial-funding

[Virginiá]

Not surprised at all. I already assumed companies like this used their money to corrupt public discourse on this issue.

Shameful.

[Taco Truck 🚚]

Just amazing that a Harvard researcher was taking seven figures from big oil/coal while simultaneously denying climate change.

When lay people read that a Harvard researcher is denying climate change it would be nice if a little asterisk let them know he is on a coal company's payroll.

[dead0man]

This is bad.



(I was going to play a little "whatabouttheother" but then realized what I was doing and stopped...you're welcome!)

[publicunofficial]

This is news?

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Shocking. Next you'll be telling me the company's assets were bankrolling the executives' golden parachutes and that the taxpayera will be bankrolling the numerous clean-up obligations the company will dodge.

[muon2]

Peabody's behavior makes it all the more hopeful that when I toured a BP research facility last year, they started their presentation talking about their recognition of man-made climate change.