Mark Ruffalo has proved to be a real-life superhero in the face of the malicious threat of climate change on more than one occasion; our own eco-Hulk, if you will. From protests and marches to conventions, the MCU veteran has always made it a point to use his voice and power for the collective, greater good.
So, in light of the current global warming controversy surrounding the natural gas company, ExxonMobil, which has spread like wildfire, Ruffalo has once again donned his armor of virtue to fight against the blatant climate injustice that has the entire world in its vice-like grip.
What’s Happening With ExxonMobil?
Exxon is one of the biggest American multinational oil and gas corporations which has been operating for a whole century now. But out of the numerous scandals that the company has been engulfed in throughout its mighty run, its most recent controversy involves a shocking discovery; reports claim that Exxon Mobil Corp. had been privy to the approaching dangers of climate change decades ago, perhaps as early as the ’70s, and yet, they carried out their infamous campaign which discredited the mainstream science behind such fatal issues by sweeping their projections and research under the carpet.
A recent Harvard study that brought the same to light, accentuated the fact that “Exxon didn’t just know some climate science, they actually helped advance it.” Simply put, the company is being accused of misleading the world as a litany of other controversies continues to pile up owing to Exxon’s flagrant disregard for something as grave as global warming.
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Mark Ruffalo Speaks Out on the Exxon Scandal
Recently, The Washington Post published an alarming report on how the earth is “at its hottest in thousands of years,” and Mark Ruffalo seized that opportunity to reprimand the many politicians and businessmen who have been more than willing to turn a blind eye to the global pollution and environment deterioration (which they have also actively contributed to) so long as they made big bucks out of it.
The 55-year-old actor and activist specifically called out Exxon as well as the company’s previous CEO Lee R. Raymond (who also served as its director and president at one time), for tarnishing both the present and the future “all for greed and selfishness.”
Since Ruffalo has always been big on activism and advocacy on any and everything climate/environment-related, it’s not shocking to see him use his platform to call out the wrongdoings of powerful entities. But it’ll be interesting to see just how this pans out hereafter.
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