A climate poll on Twitter posted by Shell has backfired spectacularly, with the oil company accused of gaslighting the public. #EnergyDebate — Shell (@Shell) November 2, 2020Though it received a modest 199 votes the tweet still went viral – but not for the reasons the company would have hoped. — Sara (@sawalvea) November 3, 2020Bill Weir, the chief climate correspondent at CNN, reached for a horror analogy and climate campaign groups also piled in. we’re still gonna prosecute your execs for lying to the public about climate change for 30 years though!!! The climate campaigner Jamie Henn said:Shell’s pathetic attempt to shirk responsibility for the climate crisis is backfiring spectacularly on Twitter.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2020 13:10 UTC