Climate Activists Block Shell From Greenwashing on TikTok

Climate activist Xiye Bastida told NowThis Earth that Shell requested applications from TikTok influencers to run its TikTok account. In response, climate activists put out a call to flood the application center with fake applications to keep Shell from greenwashing on the social media site.

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[LeeMuayThai]

Amazing! We must keep getting our voices out there. This was a smart way to shut down Shell from tiktok

[brian]

Ok so what plan does she support for decarbonization? Or are we just gonna wing it get off oil, try to figure it out as we go and just deal with any negative opportunity costs as they arise?

[matiasgoycoolea]

She does understand that there is not only no way to clean the air currently but also that blocking a social media account is truly not gonna do anything to the company

[roblaane]

Amazingly naive lady that is thinking she is doing something useful but as most activists contribute zero to solving the real problems

[bentonstelzel]

....I'll read about Shell on Twitter then.

[Torrestorres]

The lady doth protest too much, methinks

[LG-djqr]

Thank you! I wouldn't even know how to do that.

[UltimateOmegaRed]

Business structures change overtime. This means is that Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, etc... are out of excuses!

[douglaswright]

95% of electric vehicles made are still on the road. The other 5% made it home.

[ninij]

We have already stretched the amount of oil we have left on this Earth. Back in the 1970s they claimed we only had about another 50 to 60 years of oil left, we still have about that much because of companies being forced to figuring out how to use old energy in new ways. We now have entire counties who don't use oil anymore. They were smart enough to figure out how to keep making money while providing their buyers with a safe product. We all need to get there and time is not goin to wait for us.

[thaatsriight]

What was the carbon footprint of all of those emails and messages flooding their account?? Also you’re using the word “lame” in 2022?? Isn’t that a bit problematic? Isn’t that a bit ableist??