In light of the paper from Geoffrey Supran, @rahmstorf, and Naomi Oreskes showing that #Exxon predicted #GlobalWarming extremely accurately between 1977 and 2003, contradicting their decades of #ClimateDenial, this exchange between Rep. AOC and Exxon scientists is worth revisiting.
“👉#BigOil has spent decades and tens of millions of dollars working to deceive the public and spread disinformation about #FossilFuels’ contribution to climate change.👈 Now, in the face of irrefutable evidence that the only way to avert the worst of the climate crisis..."
@HistoPol@davidho@rahmstorf You can bet they hired PR companies and other agencies to create some of these campaigns as the oil companies wouldn't necessarily have the communications expertise and structure to do it all in-house.