The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing

[Uncle Joe]

Why is meaningful action to avert the climate crisis proving so difficult? It is, at least in part, because of ads.

The fossil fuel industry has perpetrated a multi-decade, multibillion dollar disinformation, propaganda and lobbying campaign to delay climate action by confusing the public and policymakers about the climate crisis and its solutions. This has involved a remarkable array of advertisements – with headlines ranging from “Lies they tell our children” to “Oil pumps life” – seeking to convince the public that the climate crisis is not real, not human-made, not serious and not solvable. The campaign continues to this day.

As recently as last month, six big oil CEOs were summoned to US Congress to answer for the industry’s history of discrediting climate science – yet they lied under oath about it. In other words, the fossil fuel industry is now misleading the public about its history of misleading the public.

We are experts in the history of climate disinformation, and we want to set the record straight. So here, in black and white (and color), is a selection of big oil’s thousands of deceptive climate ads from 1984 to 2021. This isn’t an exhaustive analysis, of which we have published several, but a brief, illustrated history – like the “sizzle reels” that creatives use to highlight their best work – of the 30-plus year evolution of fossil fuel industry propaganda. This is big oil’s PR sizzle reel.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/18/the-forgotten-oil-ads-that-told-us-climate-change-was-nothing

[LT Barclay]

1. And let's not exonerate the media outlets that ran them

[love_katz]

2. Kick!

This needs to be shared far and wide.

[13Dogs]

3. Criminals on a Planetary Scale

Evil MF-fers committing crimes on a planetary scale. Then lying through their teeth about it. Then lying about their decades long campaign of lying. Ruining our planet and our life support for profit. Do people get any more evil than this? Every step of the way these a-holes made disastrous decisions for all of us. Utterly shameless sociopaths.

[marie999]

4. Most people in the world don't care.

Those that have want more and those that don't have want what the haves have. Nothing of substance will be done to slow down let alone stop climate change. Humans will not become extinct because of climate change.