An exhaustively-documented new book says that theย โcarbon tradingโ approach to climate change is both ineffective and unjust.ย Carbon trading unnecessarily prolongs the world’s dependence on oil, coal and gas.ย Moreover, trading โdispossesses ordinary people in the South of their lands andย futures without resulting in appreciable progress toward alternative energy systems,โ said the book’s editor.
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The acclaimed climate accountability journalist says bold steps are needed to reverse the insidious impact of decades of industry propaganda on the public square.
With a U.S. Supreme Court decision looming on whether the company can be held liable for climate deception, internal documents show a campaign to question science.
Judges highlight stories revealing oil and advertising industry tactics for prolonging the fossil fuel era.
Campaigners say advertising and PR agencies are โnowhere closeโ to giving up their oil and gas clients.
