In june of 2009, a story surfaced about the alleged suppression by the US EPA of information related to climate change.ย The source of the information was reported to be one Dr.ย Alan Carlin,ย who, although a real EPA analyst, ย was in fact, an economist, not a scientist.ย ย ย ย
Distortions of the story, from the usual sources, began almostย immediately.ย
Corporate pledges to fight deforestation by turning degraded pasture into cropland seen boosting demand for harmful chemical inputs.
As the New York-based firm was preparing to work on the climate summit, it was also pushing for Brazilian oil and gas distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.
Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.
Agribusiness companies generate huge quantities of greenhouse gas pollution โ and PR companies help them obscure it.
