https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/14/big-oil-climate-crisis-fossil-fuel-public

#Petroganda: In just the three years following the #Parisaccords, five of the largest #fossilfuel companies spent over $1bn on communications and #lobbying.
But the effort goes back decades, centred on selling one #commodity above all: #doubt. Like the #tobacco industry before it, #oilandgas has sought to persuade the global public that they can’t be sure the #climatecrisis is real or human-made or that serious.
#keepitintheground #TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence #stoppolluters #MakePollutersPay

As heat records break, the climate movement has the right answers – but the words are all wrong

The fossil fuel industry has spent billions on winning over the public. Green activists must learn from its tactics, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian
This is how capitalism works: Privatize profits, socialize cost, while using ecosystems as dumping grounds for toxic waste.
#SystemChangeNow #Ecocide #StopPolluters #SaveThePlanet
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/24/california-pacific-ocean-ddt-high-concentration?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
High concentrations of DDT found across vast swath of California seafloor

Barrels of the toxic chemical were dumped along the Pacific coast decades ago. New research shows the material never broke down

The Guardian