To: John Menard, CEO
Menards: Stop climate change denial
Please stop placing climate change denial propaganda in your company newsletter, or anywhere else. Immediately publish an apology for misleading your employees and customers.
Why is this important?
Why is a home improvement store interested in spreading climate change denial propaganda? The store itself sells things to make homes more energy efficient (doors, windows, insulation, even solar panels), and should be capitalizing on the "green movement", so the only possible explanation is the owner trying to protect his personal investments in fossil fuels.
I work part time at the country's third largest home improvement retailer, Menards. We receive a monthly newsletter called, "Menards Memos." The current issue features a climate change denial article, and when I saw it, my jaw dropped in disbelief. (This is the article reprinted in the newsletter: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/04/17/chicken-little-science/ )
I've posted this petition anonymously because I fear retaliation for speaking out, but It isn't right to use power and influence to force personal opinions on employees and try to protect polluting industries for personal profit. As a citizen, I am angered that people spread misinformation that harms our health and the environment just to hoard more money. As an employee, I'm confused as to why you would support misleading information that fights against many of the efficiency improving products we sell.
I work part time at the country's third largest home improvement retailer, Menards. We receive a monthly newsletter called, "Menards Memos." The current issue features a climate change denial article, and when I saw it, my jaw dropped in disbelief. (This is the article reprinted in the newsletter: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/04/17/chicken-little-science/ )
I've posted this petition anonymously because I fear retaliation for speaking out, but It isn't right to use power and influence to force personal opinions on employees and try to protect polluting industries for personal profit. As a citizen, I am angered that people spread misinformation that harms our health and the environment just to hoard more money. As an employee, I'm confused as to why you would support misleading information that fights against many of the efficiency improving products we sell.