Why the US government is trying to revive the climate change ‘debate’
grist.org
The Department of Energy is calling for "honest dialogue." It looks a lot like a playbook from the past.
  • ol_capt_joe@piefed.eeEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    Hey remember when not everyone agreed that cigarettes cause lung cancer? Who was it that funded research in bad faith to suggest that people should totally not worry and keep buying cigarettes… oh right, the people selling cigarettes.

    • johnny_deadeyes@slrpnk.netEnglish
      71·
      2 days ago

      Believe if it was only now that the revelation that cigarettes cause cancer was in progress, there would be a large, confident contingent of folks swearing they’re actually great for you led by the likes of RFK Jr.

      • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
        5·
        2 days ago

        The tobacco companies funded a small army of shills who said exactly that, publishing fraudulent papers and feeding the media’s phony simplistic need for “balance.”