Half a century of dither and denial – a climate crisis timeline

Extract from The Guardian

Fossil fuel companies have been aware of their impact on the planet since at least the 1950s

Jonathan Watts, Garry Blight and Pablo Gutiérrez

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/oct/09/half-century-dither-denial-climate-crisis-timeline

Wed 9 Oct 2019 22.00 AEDT Last modified on Thu 10 Oct 2019 05.19 AEDT

For more than 50 years, the petroleum industry and politicians have been warned about the climate risks of burning fossil fuels. Yet the top 20 fossil fuel firms have continued to expand and have been behind a third of all carbon emissions since 1965. This timeline shows who knew what and when, and how they communicated or obscured the threat to the public.