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Or at least scientist and other people that is working for the oil industry have known about manmade global warming for decades and the risk it poses.
https://www.theguardian.com/busines...-change-oil-industry-environment-warning-1968
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...giants-1991-film-warned-climate-change-danger
The good thing is fossil fuel finally is being forced to be more open about emissions, low-carbon investments and lobbying.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/apr/16/bp-promises-more-transparency-on-climate-issues
The oil industry’s knowledge of dangerous climate change stretches back to the 1960s, with unearthed documents showing that it was warned of “serious worldwide environmental changes” more than 45 years ago.
The Stanford Research Institute presented a report to the American Petroleum Institute (API) in 1968 that warned the release of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels could carry an array of harmful consequences for the planet.
https://www.theguardian.com/busines...-change-oil-industry-environment-warning-1968
ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil company, knew as early as 1981 of climate change – seven years before it became a public issue, according to a newly discovered email from one of the firm’s own scientists. Despite this the firm spent millions over the next 27 years to promote climate denial.
The email from Exxon’s in-house climate expert provides evidence the company was aware of the connection between fossil fuels and climate change, and the potential for carbon-cutting regulations that could hurt its bottom line, over a generation ago – factoring that knowledge into its decision about an enormous gas field in south-east Asia. The field, off the coast of Indonesia, would have been the single largest source of global warming pollution at the time.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding
The oil giant Shell issued a stark warning of the catastrophic risks of climate change more than a quarter of century ago in a prescient 1991 film that has been rediscovered.
However, since then the company has invested heavily in highly polluting oil reserves and helped lobby against climate action, leading to accusations that Shell knew the grave risks of global warming but did not act accordingly.
Shell’s 28-minute film, called Climate of Concern, was made for public viewing, particularly in schools and universities. It warned of extreme weather, floods, famines and climate refugees as fossil fuel burning warmed the world. The serious warning was “endorsed by a uniquely broad consensus of scientists in their report to the United Nations at the end of 1990”, the film noted.
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...giants-1991-film-warned-climate-change-danger
The good thing is fossil fuel finally is being forced to be more open about emissions, low-carbon investments and lobbying.
BP has promised to be more open about its impact on climate change after 98% of shareholders backed a resolution calling for greater transparency at the fossil fuel group.
The company committed to publishing more information on a range of issues, including whether the value of its oil and gas reserves will be damaged by limits on carbon emissions; its investments in low-carbon technology; the scale of carbon dioxide emissions from its operations; the linking of executive pay to greenhouse gas reduction; and its lobbying on climate change.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/apr/16/bp-promises-more-transparency-on-climate-issues