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Climate litigation is often compared to tobacco litigation (similar patterns of deception & harmful products) & people often ask why it's realistic to expect the fossil industry to contract substantially

Something wildly under-appreciated is that climate is a tightly controlled field. A handful of “climate gurus,” often funded by the oil industry itself, dictate the climate education for many future

Today the Stanford faculty senate voted on whether to recommend divestment from fossil fuels to the board of trustees. They voted overwhelmingly to *keep* investing in fossils.I watched the meeting.

Harvard recently announced it's divesting from fossil fuels - sort of.As someone who's pushed Harvard to divest for years, I have a few thoughts on Harvard's new investment policy, for

Oil companies say they support climate action (which would curtail use of their products) while also telling their investors not to worry. It's an apparent contradiction. Are the companies lying?Let's