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Article

14 May 2025

Author:
Union of Concerned Scientists

Major fossil fuel companies allegedly misled the public on the climate impact of carbon emissions for decades

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"Decades of Deceit: The Case Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud and Damages", 14 May 2025

... [M]ajor fossil fuel companies [are being sued] for fraud, climate damages, or racketeering.

This report assesses the wealth of documentary evidence behind these lawsuits, including recently released internal corporate documents... For decades these companies possessed detailed and accurate knowledge about the dangers their products pose to the global climate and understood that climate action would threaten their business models. Yet they planned, funded, and continue to engage in a campaign to profit from the planet’s destruction by deceiving the public and blocking climate action.

Ongoing investigations link a criminal hacking scheme targeting climate accountability advocates to a Washington, DC, lobbying firm and one of its clients—a major oil and gas corporation.

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