U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres accused the fossil fuel industry of participating in a 'big lie' to cover up oil's connection to climate change.
António Guterres compared the oil industry to the tobacco industry, accusing them of lying to cover up harmful effects of their products.
Guterres made the comments at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, accusing the fossil fuels industry of intentionally ignoring the negative environmental effects of their product."We learned last week that certain fossil fuel producers were fully aware in the 1970s that their core product was baking our planet," Guterres said at the assembly. "And just like the tobacco industry, they rode roughshod over their own science.
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