Strypey

This true crime style podcast contains some fascinating interviews with scientists employed by Exxon in the 1970s to study the potential effects of burning hydrocarbons on the climate...

... before they started publicly denying or minimising their company's contributions to the climate change problem;

https://www.spreaker.com/user/15244480/the-bell-labs-of-energy

#podcasts #Drilled #ClimateChange

The Bell Labs of Energy

In the 1970s and early 1980s, Exxon wanted to be the Bell Labs of energy. It hired brilliant scientists who conducted cutting-edge research on everything from t

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Jun 13, 2024 at 2:23amWeb
Show threadStrypeyJun 13, 2024

"Republicans [in the early 1980s] were still approaching global warming as a science and innovation problem, a business opportunity more than an economic threat. Ed Garvy's tanker project [measuring CO2 levels in the atmosphere and ocean] was still underway at Exxon, the company was still funding climate research, and climate science was continuing at various government agencies too."

#AmyWestervelt, 2018

https://www.spreaker.com/user/15244480/the-turn

#podcasts #Drilled #ClimateChange

The Turn

As the price of oil dipped in the early 1980s, management changed at most oil companies and the industry as a whole became more concerned with preserving its co

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Show threadStrypeyJun 13, 2024

#TIL about E. Bruce Harrison

"... (April 3, 1932 – January 16, 2021) was a public relations (PR) expert who organized several campaigns for the U.S. industry against environmental legislation from the 1970s to the 1990s. He has been called the father of environmental PR.

...

A sub-genus of mosquito was named Bruceharrisonius in 2003."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Bruce_Harrison

#EBruceHarrison #ReputationLaundering

E. Bruce Harrison - Wikipedia