The seas of dead coral are a crime scene.
This year, the world witnessed the most devastating mass coral bleaching event ever recorded which left behind dead reefs in at least 38 countries. Many of these reefs will never recover.
The immediate cause is clear: the ongoing rise in global ocean temperatures that comes from climate change. But that’s like saying “he was killed by a bullet.” The important question is: who fired the gun?
We know who the biggest culprits are. For decades Exxon and their fossil fuel industry peers covered up how much they knew about climate change. #ExxonKnew the truth about the damage they were doing, but instead of telling the public, they chose to hide what they knew behind a campaign of lies and denial and robbed the world of a generation’s worth of time to reverse climate change.
It’s time for us to point the finger so that the world knows:
Exxon and their fossil fuel peers killed our reefs, and every day they continue to pollute they are knowingly putting our natural world — and all of us — in further danger.
Click here to find out more about how Exxon’s lies killed the world’s reefs.
Related the blogs
News, stories, and insights from the global climate movement.
The Haze We All Breathe: A Letter from Kalimantan, Indonesia
The harsh reality of living in the epicenter of Indonesia wildfires, told by a local journalist.
Oil Exploration at the Mouth of the Amazon: a Warning from the Guanabara Bay
Explore the impact of amazon oil exploration on local communities and ecosystems in Guanabara Bay, Brazil.
