The ‘Big Lie’ and other whoppers

Written By Peter Allan

By Chris Hatch

The UN secretary-general accused “Big Oil” of “peddling the Big Lie” in a thundering address at Davos this week.

António Guterres was referring to PR campaigns to obfuscate climate science, and declared that, just like tobacco companies, “those responsible must be held to account.”

The UN chief wasn’t just looking backwards. Guterres declared the Paris goal of holding global heating to 1.5 C is “going up in smoke.”

“For many, (that’s) a death sentence,” he said.

Guterres could have had a few Canadian premiers in mind when he pointed his finger at the reckless expansion of fossil fuel extraction.

“Fossil fuel producers and their enablers are still racing to expand production,” Guterres said, “knowing full well that this business model is inconsistent with human survival.”

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