A newly unearthed journal from 1966 shows the coal industry, like the oil industry, was long aware o
(this makes me sick)
"Coal knew, too
A newly unearthed journal from 1966 shows the coal industry, like the oil industry, was long aware of the threat of climate change."
“Exxon knew.” Thanks to the work of activists and journalists, those two words have rocked the politics of climate change in recent years, as investigations revealed the extent to which giants like Exxon Mobil and Shell were aware of the danger of rising greenhouse gas emissions even as they undermined the work of scientists.
"But the coal industry knew, too — as early as 1966, a newly unearthed journal shows.
“There is evidence that the amount of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere is increasing rapidly as a result of the combustion of fossil fuels,” wrote Garvey. “If the future rate of increase continues as it is at the present, it has been predicted that, because the CO2 envelope reduces radiation, the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere will increase and that vast changes in the climates of the earth will result.”
“Such changes in temperature will cause melting of the polar icecaps, which, in turn, would result in the inundation of many coastal cities, including New York and London,” he continued."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coal-industry-climate-change_n_5dd6bbebe4b0e29d7280984f?fbclid=IwAR0i6A_WhGNw7XKpScFwsOr51rSM5M8um-OBHm0nSLnmsRoFv2E3ddq2tzI
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Why does this not surprise me?
