Car makers' climate denial

Climate change denial is a big topic among skeptics. It is the NZ Skeptics Society view that the science is in, burning fossil fuels and releasing the carbon captured in those fuels into the atmosphere is causing the climate to change, it is a crisis, and we need to act. #StopBurningStuff

You probably already heard that Exxon knew about climate change back in the 70s and 80s, and chose to double down on the misinformation, but now, as an EV driver myself I was interested to learn the latest news to come out about climate change denial relating to big Auto, specifically Ford and GM. In the first part of an investigation by E&E News, we find out that the automakers were well aware that car emissions caused climate change 50 years ago. Their own scientists were telling top executives that emissions from the vehicles they were producing would lead to climate change.

Rather than do something at the time to mitigate the problem, or even do nothing and remain silent, they chose to donate money to think tanks promoting climate denial. They also joined the ‘Global Climate Coalition' which was an organisation created to fight against attempts to reduce carbon emissions.