The global warming deniers aren�t just a creation of fossil fuel companies, like ExxonMobil. British author and environmental activist George Monbiot exposes their links to the tobacco industry in an extract from his new book, Heat.
Monbiot lays out the case that �corporate funding of lobby groups denying that manmade climate change is taking place was � started by the tobacco company Philip Morris.� For instance, in 1993, Philip Morris created a phony citizens group to discredit EPA research showing the dangers of second-hand smoke, the Orwellian-named, �the Advancement of ... |
