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Am I missing something? When did oil companies mislead consumers about whether burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change?
by ummonk 5y ago
Am I missing something? When did oil companies mislead consumers about whether burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change?
- gameswithgo 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil_climate_change_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil_climate_change_cont... and not just Exxon of course, the Koch brothers have spent millions spreading lies as well.
- vanusa 5y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/18/exxon-texas-courts-critics-climate-crimes https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/18/exxon-te... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/18/the-forgotten-oil-ads-that-told-us-climate-change-was-nothing https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/18/the-forg... https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1047583610/once-again-the-u-s-has-failed-to-take-sweeping-climate-action-heres-why https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1047583610/once-again-the-u-s... https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/05/sixty-years-of-climate-change-warnings-the-signs-that-were-missed-and-ignored https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/05/sixty-years-... https://gizmodo.com/exxon-lobbyists-reveal-in-secret-recordings-how-they-ma-184720539 https://gizmodo.com/exxon-lobbyists-reveal-in-secret-recordi... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/18/oil-industry-fossil-fuels-air-pollution-documents https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/18/oil-indu... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/28/shell-knew-oil-giants-1991-film-warned-climate-change-danger https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/28/shell-kn... https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063717035 https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063717035?
- f0xtrot 5y agoThe #1 thing that comes to mind is leaded oil. not climate change but, they still lied.
- TheSpiceIsLife 5y agoDo you mean leaded petrol (gasoline)?
- f0xtrot 5y agoyes