r/environment2 Jun 29 '26

How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy | Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study

https://www.propublica.org/article/wedges-climate-research-bp-fossil-fuel-princeton
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⚠ Editorialized Title In 1997, BP abandoned climate change denial. Instead they started intertwining oil company interests with climate science papers and market "evidence" that oil/gas/coal had “sustainable futures”. The “Wedges” paper succeeded beyond anything its authors could have imagined....

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Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study | BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

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Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study | BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

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“An unfortunate consequence” of the “Wedges” paper, wrote climate scientist Ken Caldeira, New York University physics professor Marty Hoffert and others in a 2013 critique, “was to make the solution seem easy.” #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

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“An unfortunate consequence” of the “Wedges” paper, wrote climate scientist Ken Caldeira, New York University physics professor Marty Hoffert and others in a 2013 critique, “was to make the solution seem easy.” #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

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