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Big Oil Told 70 Years Ago That Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Impact 'Civilization'
06 Dec 2024 | Abstracted from Counterpunch
"Since the 1950s, oil and gas companies have repeatedly used front groups to influence public opinion, block clean air regulation, and stall climate action.
"...strategy, designed to protect oil and gas producers from local air pollution controls, led to WSPA members being informed in 1954 of a far greater potential danger resulting from their operations: global climate change."
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