THEY SOW THE WIND AND REAP THE WHIRLWIND
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UPDATES AS HURRICANE MILTON CLOSES IN ON FLORIDA
THEY SOW THE WIND AND REAP THE WHIRLWIND:
Exxon minimized climate change internally after conceding that fossil fuels cause it.
Defense, Denial and Disinformation Uncovering the Oil Industry’s Early Knowledge of Climate Change
Big Oil CEOs deny lying to the public about climate change
Climate Deniers of the 118th Congress
How decades of disinformation about fossil fuels halted U.S. climate policy
How the oil industry made us doubt climate change
Phoebe Keane
BBC News Article on the effects of sowing "scientific doubt" about the ill effects of smoking on health and fossil fuels on global warming. How the world's biggest corporations have turned to instilling doubt among the public about negative outcomes in multiple fields. Their own research tells them one thing that is true and accurate, but their quest for profit leads them to either deny science in the given field or to instill doubt. This goes across fields -- tobacco, oil & gas, etc. Corollary: the quest for profits leads the mega-corporations to support right wing think tanks and to claim opponents are "socialists." (Note implications for 2024 Presidential race.)
David,
I chose to read Phoebe Keane's BBC article out of the rich basket of goods you offered. (I've tried to summarize it above. Do I have it right?)
Keep up your good work!
Frank