Oil Giant Predicted Climate Change Could Lead to “Widespread Starvation” in 1977

A Marathon Oil Company magazine from 1977 predicted that rising temperatures caused by industrial activity could one day lead to “widespread starvation and other social and economic calamities,” The Guardian reported on Thursday. The revelation comes as Big Oil faces a number of lawsuits for covering up its knowledge about climate change, propagating disinformation, and blocking a green…

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