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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

What lies were the “oil companies” perpetuating? Can you please provide links resources etc. as to what you are alleging?

Just as a start...

“The takeaway message across all of our work is that over and over, ExxonMobil has misled the public about climate change by telling the public one thing and then saying and doing the opposite behind closed doors.”

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto...on-study-says/

The fossil fuel industry has perpetrated a multi-decade, multibillion dollar disinformation, propaganda and lobbying campaign to delay climate action by confusing the public and policymakers about the climate crisis and its solutions. This has involved a remarkable array of advertisements – with headlines ranging from “Lies they tell our children” to “Oil pumps life” – seeking to convince the public that the climate crisis is not real, not human-made, not serious and not solvable. The campaign continues to this day.

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...ge-was-nothing

Franta, who is pursuing a law degree and PhD at Stanford, is among a small cohort of researchers who track fossil-fuel industry propaganda. These historians, social scientists, and activists have documented the extent to which major oil companies knew their products were changing the climate as early as the 1960s, and how they poured tens of millions of dollars into sowing doubt about the science through the 1990s.

https://www.businessinsider.com/foss...ibility-2021-3


Resources? Start with Season 1 of Drilled
https://www.drilledpodcast.com/s1-th...limate-denial/