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1968 oil industry report warned of serious climate change

Original: 'A report commissioned in 1968 by the American Petroleum Institute # api an industry group with links to # Suncor ’s pre

A newly discussed 1968 report commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute warned that rising carbon dioxide levels 'may be the cause of serious worldwide environmental changes'. The industry group had links to Suncor's predecessor company, and scientists reportedly raised similar concerns through the late 1970s. Commenters highlight the warning as evidence oil companies understood climate risks decades before public climate debates began.

Why now: Renewed scrutiny of what fossil fuel companies knew about climate change decades ago

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• 'A report commissioned in 1968 by the American Petroleum Institute # api an industry group with links to # Suncor ’s predecessor company, warned that increased levels of carbon dioxide “may be the cause of serious worldwide environmental changes”. In the late 1970s scientists… · jonpsp@mstdn.social · 8

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