Post #2892084
2023-09-14 14:12 UTC
Surprise, surprise: new WSJ article shows how Exxon Mobil downplayed #climatechange and tried to undercut science that showed how fossil fuels contributed to our ongoing catastrophe—even while its CEOs like Rex Tillerson struck public poses of climate concern.
WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/exxon-climate-change-documents-e2e9e6af?reflink=integratedwebview_share
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@DoctorSyntax@mastodon.social 2023-09-14 14:24
The Exxon Mobil “cast doubt on the climate science” strategy detailed in above-linked @WSJ@press.coop article follows playbook well established by Big Oil and other polluting industries (also Big Tobacco), as devastatingly detailed in Naomi Oreskes & @erikconway@mstdn.social ‘s book MERCHANTS OF DOUBT (& doc film of same title) https://bookshop.org/p/books/merchants-of-doubt-how-a-handful-of-scientists-obscured-the-truth-on-issues-from-tobacco-smoke-to-climate-change-naomi-oreskes/10870204