Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures

"The playbook is this: sell consumers a product that you know is dangerous, while publicly denying or downplaying those dangers. Then, when the dangers are no longer deniable, deny responsibility and blame the consumer," said Naomi Oreskes, a Harvard historian of science and co-author of the 2021 paper. 

Last year, another study co-authored by Oreskes found that Exxon's own scientists "correctly and skillfully" predicted the trajectory of global warming, then spent decades sowing doubt about climate science and policies in order to protect its business model…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/04/exxon-chief-public-climate-failures