Gun, fossil fuel, and tobacco industries all use a similar playbook to promote their harmful products—to convince people that the truth can’t be known, delaying policy action.
Lawyers representing states in climate lawsuits say there are similarities between past tobacco litigation and the current wave of cases against Big Oil. Both industries misled the public, they claim.
The E.P.A. has finalized a so-called transparency plan that it says will improve the credibility of science. Scientists say it is designed to stop new public health protections by limiting what research the agency can consider.
Lawsuit from Karl A. Racine’s office asserts that companies engaged in a decades-long, multimillion-dollar campaign to deceive D.C. consumers about fossil fuels and climate change.
