The five main gas and oil companies knew since “at least” the 1960s that fossil energy would cause global warming, but they persisted in denying it and manipulated information. it was within their power so that the USA and the entire world remained dependent on their polluting products”, denounces the report of a commission of inquiry of the House of Representatives, released on Tuesday.’Big Oil’ are the six conglomerates and organizations analyzed in detail in this survey, launched in September 2021: ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP América, Shell, American Petroleum Institute (API) — representative of the oil sector — and the Chamber of Commerce.”All six ( …) obstructed and delayed” this inquiry, refusing to submit, it was highlighted in the 65-page report “Denial, disinformation and double language: Evolution of ‘Big Oil’ efforts to evade responsibility for global warming”.After calling climate change a “lie” and even denying its existence, the report highlighted, the oil sector was forced to “change its position” in the face of science” which has become too evident to continue to be denied.”.Faced with this situation, ‘Big Oil’ “launched a campaign of deception and double language — supported by an army of professional bodies -, publicly claiming to support the action climate change, but acting behind the scenes to avoid them”.But also, the congressmen added, stating that natural gas was “safe” for the climate and that it could serve as “transition energy to a future without fossil energy “.The document concluded that “it is high time to hold ‘Big Oil’ to account for its campaign of lies and to take action to remedy the damage they have caused”.This was not the first time in which oil groups are accused of having known for several decades the harmful effects of fossil energy on the climate. In January 2023, a study published by the magazine Science revealed the remarkable accuracy of the predictions made by ExxonMobil scientists in terms of rising temperatures , some of which date back to 1977. (RM-NM) Source: Rádio Moçambique Online
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