How misinformation is hampering the world's fight against climate change
Our ability to mitigate the climate crisis is only as good as our ability to get the word out. Over the course of decades, many powerful players — from the fossil fuel industry to social media giants, and from politicians to a major public relations firm — have actively buried information on just how dire things are. That misinformation has delayed necessary climate action. In recent years, intrepid journalists and researchers have begun to uncover the truth about who knew what, and when.