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American Petroleum Institute "Victory" Memo Outlines Climate Disinformation Strategy

1998-04-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The American Petroleum Institute (API) organized and funded a Global Climate Science Communications Plan, revealed in the leaked “Victory” memo outlining a multiyear, multimillion-dollar scheme to create uncertainty about established climate science. Created months after the Kyoto …

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American Petroleum Institute Drafts Secret Climate Denial Strategy Document

1998-04-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

In April 1998, the American Petroleum Institute (API) convened a secret meeting of oil industry executives and public relations consultants to draft the “Global Climate Science Communications Plan.” The leaked document reveals a coordinated strategy to manufacture doubt about climate …

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