Big Oil companies have moved away from greenwashing. Climate advocates say what they’re doing now is worse

AI Briefing

• – Big Oil companies are shifting away from greenwashing and toward 'climate gaslighting' with ads that portray fossil fuels as essential to energy demands and ignore renewable energy solutions.
• – The messaging playbook now emphasizes carbon capture and natural gas, despite the fact that renewable energy is cheap to build and would insulate countries from geopolitical instability.
• – The shift in messaging amounts to manipulating the public into accepting greenhouse gas emissions as just part of doing business, despite the growing case for renewable energy.