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"For decades, the tobacco industry misused science to hide the harms of its
products and create confusion about the interventions needed to reduce that
harm; it lobbied to avoid regulation and shape policies in its favour.
Growing evidence shows that the fossil fuel industry not only uses exactly the
same techniques but has also worked jointly with the tobacco industry to shape
regulatory rules in their shared interest.
Yet, the two industries are treated entirely differently when it comes to
policy-making: while there are rules protecting policymaking from the tobacco
industry — a firewall known as
Article 5.3 — no such equivalent exists for
fossil fuel companies, even if the damage they provoke is more significant.
Members of the European Parliament were going to vote on such a measure this
week, but it was defeated thanks to a lack of political support from the
centre-right.
Last February, in response to a petition from the Fossil Free Politics
Coalition, the European Parliament held the first cross-party public hearing to
assess the fossil fuel industry's responsibility for exacerbating the
cost-of-living crisis.
Asked to give evidence at this hearing, I argued that the fossil fuel industry
needs the same kind of firewall as the tobacco industry."
Via Girl of the Sea.
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
