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Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded, now they want to silence him

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542 points xbmcuser | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 06:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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qcnguy[dead post] ◴[27 Aug 25 10:09 UTC] No.45037557[source]▶
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dvrj101 ◴[27 Aug 25 10:43 UTC] No.45037828[source]▶
> someone working for an oil company donated to some think tank, which in turn was represented by a lawyer, who in turn represented plaintiffs in a wind project.

that's literally how lobbying works and same is being applied to spread misinformation against renewable energy projects.

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1. qcnguy ◴[27 Aug 25 10:52 UTC] No.45037887[source]▶
No it's not. Lobbying works like this: someone pays someone else to advocate for some issue rather than doing it directly.

Lobbying doesn't work like this: someone donates to someone else for reason A, who hires a lawyer for some unrelated reason B, and that lawyer has totally different customers who have hired them for reason C.