The Bush administration has consistently thwarted efforts by the World Bank to include global warming in its calculations, according to documents made public through a watchdog. On one occasion, the White House’s pointman at the bank, the now disgraced Paul Wolfowitz, personally intervened to remove the words โclimate changeโ from the title of a bank progress report and ordered changes to the text of the report to shift the focus away from global warming.
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.
Policy update also restricts advertising for fossil fuels products and services in council owned ad sites.
