Tuesday, 10 April 2018

Shell predicted dangers of climate change in 1980s and knew fossil fuel industry was responsible

Shell predicted dangers of climate change in 1980s and knew fossil fuel industry was responsible

Oil giant Shell was aware of the consequences of climate change, and the role fossil fuels were playing in it, as far back as 1988, documents unearthed by a Dutch news organisation have revealed. They include a calculation that the oil company’s products alone were responsible for 4 per cent of total global carbon emissions in 1984. They also predict that changes to sea levels and weather would be “larger than any that have occurred over the past 12,000 years”.

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