Top Firms Would Do Anything for Money, But They Won’t Do THAT

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Recently we reported on the large number of publicity firms willing to represent foreign dictators (turns out London has cornered the market on that demographic).

There’s one group of clients that our colleagues across the pond won’t touch, however: climate change deniers.

  • “We would not knowingly partner with a client who denies the existence of climate change,” said Rhian Rotz, spokesman for Waggener Edstrom (WE) Worldwide.
  • “We would not support a campaign that denies the existence and the threat posed by climate change, or efforts to obstruct regulations cutting greenhouse gas emissions and/or renewable energy standards,” said Weber Shandwick spokeswoman Michelle Selesky.
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