Red Oak

lots of people are still unaware of how early, and how accurately, the fossil fuel industry knew about the dangers of climate change via CO2 emissions. it's probably worse than you think!

https://theconversation.com/what-big-oil-knew-about-climate-change-in-its-own-words-170642

What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words

Transcripts and internal documents show how the industry shifted from leading research into fossil fuels’ effect on the climate to sowing doubt about science.

The Conversation
Apr 4 at 9:56pmWeb
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@redoak
Oh they knew. Somehow the story was changed into doubt, due to efforts by John E. Sununu, Chief of Staff for George HW Bush.
“I don’t want anyone in this administration without a scientific background using ‘climate change’ or ‘global warming’ ever again,” he said.
His influence on Bush kept the US from engaging in a climate treaty, the only large nation not participating.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html

Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change

We knew everything we needed to know, and nothing stood in our way. Nothing, that is, except ourselves. A tragedy in two acts.

The New York Times