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'Make Polluters Pay': Big Oil Slammed in Satirical US Billboards: The climate disasters caused by oil and gas companies are being put on full display in California, New York, Arizona, and Philadelphia (www.rollingstone.com)
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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why shame only Big Oil? Small Oil destroys the planet too.

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Big oil is doing it much faster.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Which would you rather fight, 1 horse sized oil or 100 duck sized oils?

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

The 1 horse sized oil sounds easier to keep track of so I vote the horse.