How the fossil fuel industry instilled a particular understanding of the economy and the environment in American highschoolers.
Advertising and PR
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The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Century-Long Quest to Invade Elementary Schools
Miseducation starts young.
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Disinformation Techniques: A Glossary
A glossary of PR techniques used over the past 100 years.
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Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrated Schools
Why did fossil fuel companies think it was worth investing in education in the first place?
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Earl Newsom: The Man Behind the Curtain
There are two types of PR guys, the ones who make themselves a central character in the story and the ones who work their magic quietly behind the scenes. Earl Newsom was the latter sort to the extreme.
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2021 BP Emails about a Bloomberg story on flaring
A lengthy email exchange preparing BP executives for an upcoming
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Shell 2021 Internal Emails about Gretchen Watkins
Emails between various comms staffers at Shell, complaining about U.S. president Gretchen Watkins.
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John Hill: The Right-Hand Man
In the style of Ivy Lee, John Hill was quiet and low-key, but extremely effective.
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Daniel Edelman: The Psy-Opps King
Daniel Edelman learned the tools of his trade combatting Nazi propaganda during World War II. After the war, he had a decision to make: Return to his pre-war journalism career, or use his psy-ops skills to make his way in America’s booming post-war economy?
