Big oil and gas kept a dirty secret for decades. Now they may pay the price

…But instead of heeding the evidence of the research they were funding, major oil firms worked together to bury the findings and manufacture a counter narrative to undermine the growing scientific consensus around climate science. The fossil fuel industry's campaign to create uncertainty paid off for decades by muddying public understanding of the growing dangers from global heating and stalling political action...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/30/climate-crimes-oil-and-gas-environment