'Massive Disinformation Campaign' Funded by Big Oil Is Slowing Global Transition To Green Energy

16 Aug 2024 | Abstracted from The Guardian

"...assistant secretary general of the UN, Selwin Hart said that talk of a global 'backlash' against climate action was being stoked by the fossil fuel industry... findings of the biggest poll ever conducted on the climate, which found clear majorities of people [72%] around the world supporting measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...the consequences of inaction were being felt in rich countries as well as poor."

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