#SmokeAndFumes – What the fossil fuel industry knew in the 1940’s

JoAnn Chateau on April 14, 2016

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New Documents Reveal Oil Industry Knew of Climate Risks Decades Earlier Than Suspected; Suggest Coordinated Efforts to Foster Skepticism

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 13, 2016

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Carroll Muffett, President: cmuffett@ciel.org, 202.742.5772
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New Documents Reveal Oil Industry Knew of Climate Risks Decades Earlier Than Suspected;
Suggest Coordinated Efforts to Foster Skepticism

Washington, DC – Hundreds of documents uncovered by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) push back the record of oil industry knowledge on climate change by decades.

The research demonstrates that the oil industry was explicitly warned of climate risks in the 1960s. Significantly, much of this research was carried out as part of a broader industry effort—dating from the 1940s—to use industry-funded research to spur public skepticism of pollution science and environmental regulations. [emphasis added]

“We began with three simple, related questions,” says Carroll Muffett, President of CIEL. “What…

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JoAnn Chateau likes progressive politics and loves the canines. She writes fiction about an alpha Bichon named Chester, and his friends--with a dash of humor and a dab of poli-sci. JoAnn has worked professionally in the fields of Psychology and Information Science. Retired now, she enjoys the creative life.

  1. Susan Chandler April 15, 2016 at 1:24 am

    Thank you for reblogging this, JoAnn; I appreciate it very much.

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