The Wire

BP’s proposal to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight seems at odds with this historic turning point in the world’s efforts to reduce global warming. One commentator who warns that the fossil fuel alliance will go to any extreme to sway public opinion against taking action on climate change is Professor Naomi Oreskes from Harvard University in the US. Her book with Erik Conway, ‘Merchants of Doubt’, exposes a deliberate and sophisticated campaign carried out by the fossil fuel industry to undermine confidence in the scientific rationale for action on climate change.