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The API Was Pushing Climate Denial Way Earlier Than Anyone Thought

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Climate Warnings Ignored

Forecasts predict a significant economic impact and regionally specific consequences from a five degree temperature rise by 2067. Despite being warned in 1980 of the catastrophic effects of continuing with business as usual in fossil fuel production, the API advocated for the expansion of oil and gas production.

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And that would have major economic consequences and would be strongly regionally dependent on where you were in the world. And then a five degree rise would happen by 2067. And that would have globally catastrophic effects. And of course, we have already seen about a one degree rise. So this is fairly on track. But this shows that by 1980, the API had actually been directly warned that business as usual would create these globally catastrophic effects within the 21st century. And yet in this policy book, the API is telling the public, we need to expand fossil fuel production of all kinds, oil, gas,

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