Big Oil - Masters of Deception
Episode
18
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Updated:
January 10, 2022
Fossil fuel companies have succeeded in delaying climate action for decades. Listen in as Kathy Mulvey from UCS exposes their tactics and solutions for responding.
Fossil fuel companies have succeeded in delaying climate action for decades. Listen in as Kathy Mulvey from UCS exposes their tactics and solutions for responding.
If you want to make a difference on the climate disinformation front, UCS is leading the way in researching and exposing the disinformation propagated by the major fossil fuel companies. Follow the link below to read more about their work.
Disinformation | Union of Concerned Scientists (ucsusa.org)
Turning Carbon into Useful Products
There are roughly 350 startups working to turn carbon into useful products
Jet fuel – moving to sustainable jet fuels made from chemical processes that turn CO2 into syngas which can be turned into a jet fuel replacement
Building materials – injecting carbon into wet concrete which permanently stores it as a mineral
Investment has expanded. Over $550m had flowed in by the end of September according to research and consulting firm Cleantech Group; more than in the previous five years put together
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Progress Being Made
The Coalition for a Responsible Exxon, an investment group, has called for CEO Darren Woods to be replaced and for the company to do more to curb greenhouse gas emissions
Facebook employees have been calling on the company to treat climate disinformation the same way they do Covid or election misinformation, as an imminent threat
Sources
Investor group faults new Exxon board members on climate transition plan | Reuters
The next front in Facebook's misinformation battle: climate change - CNN