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The actual paper [0], despite the authors' thoroughness, is actually quite readable and well worth a look at least alongside the various media summaries. There
by xoa 9y ago
The actual paper [0], despite the authors' thoroughness, is actually quite readable and well worth a look at least alongside the various media summaries. There are interesting comparisons to be made to the tobacco lawsuits and to concerns over PR by the sugar industry over the last 50 years, though I think any legal action is most likely to be far in the future as climate damages really ramp up.
0: "Assessing ExxonMobil's climate change communications (1977–2014)", http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa815f http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa815f
- QAPereo 9y agoLegal action at this rate is going to amount to holding an impromptu trial on the deck of the Titanic.
- Boothroid 9y agoI've often thought what the implications ought to be for countries like Norway, sitting on a massive sovereign wealth fund derived from oil and gas. It might prove useful and just to confiscate those assets and put them to work on climate change mitigation programmes!