Cool job posting: Earn $20 pretending to hate wind energy

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grist.org 24 Jan '13, 5pm

Cool job posting: Earn $20 pretending to hate wind energy

Important job opportunity, everyone. From Craigslist : Our firm needs 100 volunteers to attend and participate in a rally in front of the British Consulate/Embassy in Midtown Manhattan on the East Side on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 12 noon. The event is being held in order to protest wind turbines that are being built in Scotland and England. Your participation will be to ONLY stand next to or behind the speakers and elected officials/celebrities that will be speaking at the rally. “Volunteers” will each get $20. That’s the going rate in New York City for a closely held political principle. ray_from_la This is sort of what protestors look like. Later in the ad, the firm behind the job request is identified as Ovation. It’s a common enough name that it’s hard to pin down who’s coordinating this thing. I’ve emailed to see if we can find out more information, but am not h...

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@eco_images » 04 Feb '13, 3pm
Climate deniers are turning to rent-a-mob to undermine clean energy. [link] [link]
@mareenotmarie » 01 Feb '13, 1am
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@Wickinson » 01 Feb '13, 1am
Oh boy: "Cool Job Posting: Earn 20 Pretending to Hate Wind Energy." [link]
@RooftopJaxx » 31 Jan '13, 12pm
RT @TheJanieMac: Being paid to demonstrate against UK wind farms. [link]
@TheJanieMac » 31 Jan '13, 12pm
@MerrickBadger Check this out being paid to demonstrate against wind farms [link]
@smithacacia » 30 Jan '13, 8pm
democracy you say? [link]
@_food_4thought » 29 Jan '13, 9pm
Paying losers to rally against sustainable energy sources? [link]
@AnastatianRoman » 29 Jan '13, 1pm
RT @KidWind_Project: Looking for a job? The anti wind guys have one for you! [link]
@chris_hall » 29 Jan '13, 9am
RT @samuelwebster: Cool job posting: Earn $20 pretending to hate wind energy [link]
@Clean_Coalition » 28 Jan '13, 11pm
@pbump I hope people take the $20 and invest them into a @solarmosaic project [link]
@ClubGreenNL » 28 Jan '13, 8am
Huurt #Donald #Trump mensen in om 'spontaan' en 'authentiek' te protesteren tegen #windenergie in de #UK? [link]
@AllieMisch » 27 Jan '13, 6pm
Nice. [link]
@Kim_Bruning » 26 Jan '13, 2pm
RT @interleaper: Earn $20 pretending to hate wind energy! [link] via @belledame222
@JMA » 26 Jan '13, 12pm
Nouja zeg, zo kunnen wij ook wel protesten organiseren: "Cool job posting: Earn $20 pretending to hate wind energy" [link]
@windworksvt » 25 Jan '13, 8pm
MT @nrgsystems: A-ha! @grist | Earn $20 pretending to hate #windenergy [link] #windworks
@James_Samworth » 25 Jan '13, 8pm
Cool job posting: Earn $20 pretending to hate wind energy [link] How depressing...
@JonathanElinoff » 25 Jan '13, 7pm
Fake Protesters Offered $20 To Stand At Anti-Wind Energy Rally [link]
@nrgsystems » 25 Jan '13, 7pm
A-ha this is how the vocal minority creates such a stir! @grist | Earn $20 pretending to hate #windenergy [link] #windworks
@cleanenergycan » 25 Jan '13, 6pm
Great job opportunity! Pretend to oppose wind power, and you get $20 [link] #rentacrowd
@interleaper » 25 Jan '13, 4pm
Earn $20 pretending to hate wind energy! [link] via @belledame222
@IllinoisWind » 25 Jan '13, 4pm
PR firm posts Craigslist ad for paid anti #windpower protesters in New York: [link]
@EnergyClimateDE » 25 Jan '13, 4pm
Do you know what 'astroturfing' is and how it affects public discourse on clean energy? Here's a recent example. [link]
@MagdaDPVilm » 25 Jan '13, 4pm
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@erichwelz » 25 Jan '13, 3pm
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@KidWind_Project » 25 Jan '13, 1pm
Looking for a job? The anti wind guys have one for you! [link]
@GodoStoyke » 25 Jan '13, 1pm
Cool job posting: Earn $20 pretending to hate wind energy [link] via @zite
@nemo20000 » 25 Jan '13, 11am
All those protesters, they must be really angry… or $20 richer at any rate: [link]
@RobertBulechek » 25 Jan '13, 11am
RT @h_4rris: @MichaelEMann What's the price for being a volunteer green-energy protestor? $20. [link]
@markraven00 » 25 Jan '13, 10am
‏MT @ret_ward Who was behind $20 offer to turn up at anti-wind farm rally outside UK Embassy in Washington on Jan 30? [link]
@john_lloyd79 » 25 Jan '13, 10am
RT @ret_ward: Who was behind offer of $20 to turn up at anti-wind farm rally outside the British Embassy in Washington on January 30? [link]
@ret_ward » 25 Jan '13, 10am
Who was behind offer of $20 to turn up at anti-wind farm rally outside the British Embassy in Washington on January 30? [link]
@coherentmedia » 25 Jan '13, 4am
Rent a mob - job posting: Earn $20 pretending to hate wind energy [link] via @grist
@sycodame » 25 Jan '13, 3am
@YourAnonNews [link] Get paid $20 for carrying a sign in New York saying you hate wind power.
@grist » 25 Jan '13, 2am
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@halans » 25 Jan '13, 12am
WTF, cheap tactics, $2000 for a crowd of 100 RT @Ha_Tanya: appalling - anti-wind rent-a-crowd tactics: [link]”
@nathanschumer » 24 Jan '13, 11pm
RT @RL_Miller: awesome idea: a bunch of Manhattanites collect $20, unfurl signs saying "Speaker lies!" and #we <3 wind!"? [link]
@RL_Miller » 24 Jan '13, 11pm
awesome idea: a bunch of Manhattanites collect $20, unfurl signs saying "Speaker lies!" and #we <3 wind!"? [link]
@markwakeham » 24 Jan '13, 10pm
RT @timhollo: Anybody surprised that anti-wind campaigners are paying people $20 a pop to join their protests? [link] #hoax
@timhollo » 24 Jan '13, 9pm
Anybody surprised that anti-wind campaigners are paying people $20 a pop to join their protests? [link] #hoax
@Eurosolar_ES » 24 Jan '13, 9pm
RT @dialecsost: Ofereixen 20 dòlars/hora per participar en manifestacions a Nova York contra projectes eòlics a Anglaterra i Escòcia [link]
@SebHenbest » 24 Jan '13, 9pm
Really bad look for the anti-wind lobby...[link] via @Ha_Tanya
@cartoon_rabbit » 24 Jan '13, 9pm
PR firm in the US recruiting paid protesters to object to UK wind farms: [link]
@Norman_Downey » 24 Jan '13, 9pm
RT @shereenTshafi: "Cool job posting: Earn $20 pretending to hate wind energy" [link] #smh
@Ha_Tanya » 24 Jan '13, 9pm
appalling - anti-wind rent a crowd tactics: [link]
@DwardAWEA » 24 Jan '13, 9pm
Wind power is so beloved, opponents have to pay "volunteers" to go against it. [link]
@cjd11 » 24 Jan '13, 9pm
Any angry mobs looking for freelance work? RT @MichaelEMann: "Earn $20 pretending to hate wind energy" via @Grist [link]
@SimonChapman6 » 24 Jan '13, 8pm
@croakeyblog They can run, but can't hide. Original deleted not yet cached by Google .. soon. But here's reference [link]