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Climate Criminal Action Figures?

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By Mitchell Anderson
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Check out this fine compendium of the worldโ€™s most prominent climate cranks in this weekโ€™s Rolling Stone. Tim Dickinson succinctly summarizes the wretched roles played by seventeen of the worst offenders in preventing climate progress.

Among theย guilty:

  • The Profiteer -Warren Buffett CEO, Berkshireย Hathaway
  • The Disinformer – Rupert Murdoch CEO, Newsย Corporation
  • Burning Man – Rex Tillerson CEO,ย ExxonMobil
  • The Drudge of Denial – Marc Morano Founder, Climateย Depot
  • God’s Denier – Sen. James Inhofe Republican,ย Oklahoma
  • The Pundit – George Will Commentator, ABC

Collect them all at the Rolling Stone. Maybe they should come out with action figuresย tooโ€ฆ

By Mitchell Anderson

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