New documents prove that since 1957, companies such as Exxon and Shell have known that burning fossil fuels changes the climate – their own, strictly secret research had revealed this. They have been secretly financing scientific studies and campaigns, which are talking down climate change and have been influencing the public debate for 60 years.
But the US oil companies did not only carry out research and then concealed their results. Since 1963, Exxon and Shell engineers have been using their knowledge about climate change to gear up for a warming planet: They built higher and sturdier oil rigs to compensate for rising sea levels and more severe storms. Pipelines in the Arctic were anchored more firmly because of the melting permafrost.
“Climate change was a huge thing at the time,” says geophysicist Edward Garvey, who worked for Exxon from 1978-1983. “Exxon researched in all directions, CO2 emissions, storm forecasts, melting permafrost. And then, overnight, all research programmes were discontinued. That’s so frustrating.”
Instead, the companies did exactly the opposite: they commissioned counter-studies, which were widely disseminated via lobby groups. They deliberately financed research to discredit their own results, tried to explain climate change through sunspots or deny it altogether. They stressed statistical errors and uncertainties. Climate change deniers still work like this today.
“For me, this is the biggest scandal in human history,” says Carroll Muffett, Chairman of the Center for International Environmental Law in Washington, an NGO dealing with environmental law.
Meanwhile, two public prosecutors and several counties in the United States have started investigations against Exxon and other oil companies for deliberately misleading the public on the subject of climate change.
A story about the biggest cover-up in history, which lasted for 60 years and is only now being revealed.
This documentary was produced by A&O Buero and directed by Johan Von Mirbach. It was first released in 2017.
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A full documentary on the history of Clinate change since records began would illuminate things with a more balanced approach 👍
You want to see rapid unbelievable climate change? Come to Minneapolis Minnesota some winter and look around. It could be 50° when you wake up but you could go to sleep to a blizzard. Anyone who believes in climate change is a buffoon and Al Gore is an inconvenient drunk. And if you care to look at the facts you should notice how many more people live through weather catastrophes then ever have in history. I thought that bartender chick named AOC? Told everyone the world would be gone in 12 years about 6 years ago right? God you're a bunch of dummies. NOW GET OUT THERE AND MOW!
Al Gore the biggest election denier and money maker from "climate change" is standing with the AG's against the oil industry!!!!;… I will unsubscribe now
not the best choice for a song, it infuriate me to know that this hans zimmer soundtrack is used in manners that are represented to show the end of our world, going silent during the long night doesnt mean this at all.
This is why 4counties in nw Indiana has to pay for emissions and get our cars checked every other year. We pay for all traffic that passes through our county's
Money , Money , Money. And dont just blame the oil companies, the corrupt in charge knew, yet got 💩 loads of Money.
The Rich White Elite give no Fux
We're living the end of this doomed in advance capitalist society many People will suffer many People will die People get up and fight for your right to……..party fck your téléphone ☎️ and social média bulshit
The Earth is cooler w the atmos/GHGs/albedo not warmer.
To perform as advertised the GHGs require "extra" energy upwelling from the surface radiating as a black body.
The kinetic heat transfer processes of the contiguous atmos molecules render that scenario impossible.
No greenhouse effect, no GHG heating, no man/CO2 driven climate change or Gorebal warming.