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"The head of the United Nations has accused the world’s biggest fossil fuel
companies of refusing to abandon a business model at odds with human survival
despite knowingly putting the world on course for a climate meltdown decades
ago.
Speaking at the Davos summit of business and political leaders, the UN
secretary general, António Guterres, launched a strong attack on the world’s
leading oil companies, many of which are represented at the World Economic
Forum’s annual meeting at the Swiss resort.
Guterres said recent revelations that ExxonMobil knew back in the 1970s that
its core product was “baking our planet”, made “big oil” similar to the tobacco
companies that knew smoking led to cancer.
“Just like the tobacco industry, they rode roughshod over their own science.
Big Oil peddled the big lie … And like the tobacco industry, those responsible
must be held to account,” he said."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
