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