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Oil Executives Privately Contradicted Public Statements on Climate, Files Show

The New York Times · Hiroko Tabuchi · last updated

The documents, subpoenaed in a House investigation of climate disinformation, show company leaders contravening industry commitments.

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While electric-powered vehicles may be the ride of the future, oil remains at least for now the dominant fuel for transportation around the world. And after a period of time at the end of the 20th century when oil was subject to wide fluctuations in price, new supplies in North America as a result of non-conventional recovery techniques have helped stabilize prices.

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