Lee Raymond, Exxon CEO Who Doubted Climate Change, Dies at 87 | as early as the 1970s, Exxon had understood more about climate change than it had let on and had deliberately misled the public about it
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-10/lee-raymond-exxon-ceo-who-doubted-climate-change-dies-at-87?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4MTE3NzI3OCwiZXhwIjoxNzgxNzgyMDc4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJQWVY2R1hUMEFGQjcwMSIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDMkYxNDM5NTYzRjg0QTBFOEIxNzA5MzY0RjMyQ0JFOCJ9.aaw6XgKP_b4LTJN3I7DOpZe0uRzT6ajchhaiZv4iS6M
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floofloof@lemmy.ca · 48 pts · 72d
As usual, the media sanewashes these people by describing them as "doubting" and being "skeptical" about climate change. He didn't do either. He knew it was happening, and decided to hasten the mass extinction of life on Earth and the collapse of human civilization, while lying about it and persecuting anyone who spoke the truth, in order to make himself richer than anyone needs to be. And the article talks about his "fairness" and "firmness" to disguise a reality of greed, lies, and abusive management culture, all in the service of deeply destructive goals.
akwd169@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 72d
He did all this knowing full well he'd never be around to experience the horrors he has wrought on the planet and society
Its disgusting
leagman1@feddit.org · 12 pts · 72d
Imagine being so evil. He prolly didn't think much of it.
FlordaMan@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 72d
Sometimes I wish I wasn’t atheist, then I could at least believe this guy was burning in hell right now.
krashmo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 72d
You could adopt that belief in the hope that it's true. Sort of like Pascal's wager but for punishing your enemies. An asshole's wager, if you will
silence7@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 72d
He knew exactly what was going on and made the decision to hire the tobacco-cancer denial machine to confuse the public and prevent a timely shift away from fossil fuels
No_Bark@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 72d
I'm very happy this shit bag is dead, but it sucks ass that he got to live so long and died peacefully. Hopefully more oil CEOs, and just CEOs in general, meet their demises sooner.
fpslem@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 72d
Kissinger shit right here
cmbabul@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 72d
Rest in Piss
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 71d
He didn't doubt climate change. He propagandized against it because it was in his financial interest to lie.
foxymochakitten@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 72d
May this man rot in hell, and may people like him who are still around live in agony and loneliness.
NutWrench@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 72d
Live your life in such a way that everyone doesn't celebrate your passing the way the Ewoks cheered the destruction of the Death Star.