‘Big Oil peddled the big lie’: UN chief slams energy giants for ignoring their own climate science
Publishing timestamp: 2023-01-18 05:25:45
Summary
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned fossil fuel giants, such as Exxon Mobil, for ignoring their own climate science and accused them of seeking to expand production despite knowing that their business model is incompatible with human survival. He compared them to the tobacco industry and said that they must be held accountable. Research has shown that Exxon Mobil accurately forecast global heating as long ago as the 1970s, but then publicly contradicted their own research. Guterres warned that without further action, humanity was on course for global temperature increase of 2.8 degrees Celsius, which would have devastating consequences.
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