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