nuderefsarebest:salon:Exxon was aware of climate change, as early as 1977, 11 years before it became
nuderefsarebest:salon:Exxon was aware of climate change, as early as 1977, 11 years before it became a public issue, according to a recent investigation from InsideClimate News. This knowledge did not prevent the company (now ExxonMobil and the world’s largest oil and gas company) from spending decades refusing to publicly acknowledge climate change and even promoting climate misinformation—an approach many have likened to the lies spread by the tobacco industry regarding the health risks of smoking. Both industries were conscious that their products wouldn’t stay profitable once the world understood the risks, so much so that they used the same consultants to develop strategies on how to communicate with the public.Experts, however, aren’t terribly surprised: “It’s never been remotely plausible that they did not understand the science.”To these people, the next quarter is more important than the long-term survival of the human race. -- source link