26-06-2015 20:58 via feeds.theguardian.com

Racist Twitter trolls launch attacks on Canadian environmentalist

Attacks began after Faisal Moola messaged Tim Hortons and thanked them for dropping adverts by a company involved in pipeline project
A prominent environmental scientist in Canada has become the target of racist attacks on social media after expressing his support for a fast food chain’s decision to stop running adverts by a company involved in a controversial pipeline project. Faisal Moola, an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, and a director of one of Canada’s largest environm
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