Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest | The companies knew they were releasing more of the greenhouse gas than they publicly reported, according to industry files

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• univers3man@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s wild that we knew that they knew 20 years ago at this point.

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  • imrighthere@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They have known since the late 1800’s.

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• mineralfellow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  When I was a kid in the 90’s, I learned about greenhouse gasses by watching an old documentary from the 50’s.

  It is not even news that they knew about it – internal studies that the companies paid for in the 80’s showed that they would unquestionably be emitting enough to change global climate.

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• DougHolland@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Well, of fucking course they knew. I knew it, decades ago, and I’m nobody with no degree. Anyone with a functional noggin knew it. It wasn’t ever a secret.

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