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I love how Americans call it lobbying politicians, in Africa we call it corruption.

"Did we aggressively fight against the science? Yes, but there's nothing illegal about that." Spoken like a true psychopath.

"No my philosophy is to make money" That is the psychopath right there.

Take responsibility for your actions, that’s something (almost) everyone has been taught at a young age, AND YET, politicians and company owners never learned.

Politicians should wear jackets like they have in Nascar with all the great companies they represent like Exxon and Chevron Shell and BP Mobile.

How crass of the executives to say that employees “gave their lives” when they were killed by their employer.

My biggest sadness is that we're killing off millions of beautiful animal species that deserve to exist, I lost hope for humanity a long time ago

Most people would ignore this because they are too busy trying to make ends meet

It’s like drug dealers (legal or illegal) claiming “If those addicts would just stop using so much, I wouldn’t have to do this!”. Crimes against the ecosystem.

The downfall of humanity? Greed. Plain and simple.

That's classic advertising. Scapegoat the average person for buying a fossil fuel burning car while only producing a fossil fuel burning car.

That one guy has a point there should be a law against going against facts and science

Can't watch this anymore. This upset me 15 years ago and nothing has ever changed.

What happened to calling the wealthy "robber barons"? We should bring that term back

I'm glad I'm 21 and haven't ever had a car yet,walking everywhere or biking to get groceries

Someone should show this to the people who preach about the invisible hand of the market. It might flip their world upside down

The meteor killed the dinosaurs. And now the fossil fuels from the dinosaurs will kill us. How poetic 🦕☄🌏⛽

So the Legion of Doom is real...

Wow, it just blows my mind everytimes I read something about the USA. My country is a poor developing country, yet we know that towards clean energy is the only way, and we're putting a lot of effort into that.

Secret? It was blindly obvious to my generation.

Oil industry plays dumb about climate change, but will pay to keep people quiet

I really feel like a 13 minute video doesn't do this topic justice. I'd love to see a series or a full length documentary on exactly how and what these companies have done to misdirect the public.

The fact that we get free documentaries on KZfaq by VICE News is truly a gift. 👍

Poor people think about what they can buy with their money, Rich people think about what they can invest in with their money 💰💰💰;

Literal worst timeline.

Did that scientist seriously just giggle about the fact that our world is on fire and we’re all gonna die? Cooooool!

As a child in the San Fernando Valley, 50 yrs ago, I remember the 'smog alerts' that happened on a pretty regular basis in the summer time. We'd be outside playing, and all of a sudden an air raid siren would go off, sounding very much like the ones used in WWII. When we heard the sirens, we had to go inside, close all of the windows and turn on the air conditioners to filter the air. The smog was so heavy over the Los Angeles Basin, you couldn't see the mountains from across the valley, and sunsets were always blood red. Los Angeles and California have achieved miracles since then in clearing up the air pollution, but they still have a ways to go. We all have a ways to go. But, the clearing of the air in the San Fernando Valley gives me hope. If it can be done there, maybe it can be done everywhere else.

Imagine how different our world could be, if these companies would've started to aim for no emissions 30 years ago...

Even as a kid, I was never really fond of fossil fuel companies. I remember having visitors from bp and shell come to my high school to promote their work program and encourage students to come into the fossil fuel industry. It seems to be rewarding (aka you could make decent money). Yet, I didn't find it attractive. I guess my gut impression of them came true - they were a dirty industry.

As it's written in the bible "Love of money is the root of all evil"... It's quite a deep sort of evil to knowingly destroy the planet, because it's such a profitable thing.

Fossil Fuel companies and Bankers are definitely connected and together they have been running the show by slaving mankind!

It's far easier to spend all the money that you could spend cleaning up your mess to just tell people you've cleaned up the mess and not. Even though it's less work, I feel like it was probably more expensive for them to spend that much on PR when they could have just actually cleaned up the three states that they kind of destroyed

If this clip had 40m views and not 40k views, the world's children would stand a chance.

This is actually a great piece of journalism. Well done!

Thanks for putting this out Vice. This is a turn towards the old days and better coverage. Loved it and its true. Keep pushing this. Do one on sugar too!!!

It baffles and agitates me that these fossil fuel companies are able to get away with such destructive behaviour

Since the SCOTUS "Citizens United" ( 5-4 decision ) literally legalized BRIBERY in this nation and created an open auction system in our elected representation - I think that ALL Lobbyists in DC should be required to wear functioning body cameras at every interaction with CONgress members - and publish the videos daily on youtube. And all emails - texts - paperwork and communications of any kind should be available to the public as well.

Fossil fuel consumption has been greatly reduced due to the COVID pandemic. Mother Nature took matter into her own hands while we continue to pass the blame between politicians, consumers and oil companies and businessmen.

Despite all the economic crisis this is the right time to start up an investment

Just like the tobacco industry had to be forced to disclose the risk of their products on their packages, oil and gas firms should be forced to disclose the environmental impact of their products on a big sign on every gas pump. But that won't happen because Oil and Gas lobby won't ever let anything bad happen to their industry.

Nothing more human then deciding greed is more important then existence lol how have we come this far and we still don’t fear the inevitable

You called these companies "Fossil fuel" companies, less than 30% of crude oil is made in to fuel. The rest is used in hydrocarbon products like electronics, plastics, and chemicals. Do you have Rubbermaid containers at home? Hydrocarbons. Do you buy bottled water or anything with plastic, hydrocarbons. Own a Tesla? Over 70% of it's made with hydrocarbon products including the tires, lubrication, electronics, and even the entire interior. This more then just a "fuel" problem, we rely on hydrocarbons for nearly everything in our lives.

Vice has some nerve making content so good it leaves me with nothing to complain about.

If people knew just how much oil and pollution is in the fish in all the oceans, people would never eat fish again! These effects from oil will be around for hundreds, if not thousands of years

The statistical evidence that suggests 97% of scientists agree seems outdated at this point. That number has been used for years and I doubt that there is that much dispute among them in 2021.

The US needs to fix its climate policies. Vice's lack of reporting around China's CO2 emissions is striking, though.

I remember BPs “We are sorry” ads that no one bought

They have to be punished, the dutch government punishing Shell was a good start, however each nations governments (UK for BP etc.) have to be doing more to hold these fossil tyrants accountable

that thumbnail tho😳😭

Man's *GREED* is possibly the *GREATEST* downfall of society 🤑

Problem: CEO types are protected by the Corporate Sheild, there's no punishment for the lies, none. Take away Corporate Sheild end of problem.

“Windmills give you cancer” -Donald trump Oil & coal: thank you mr. president 😈 💰

"Greed", greed fuels almost every problem on the planet, oil is just one of many conduits used.

People who do not understand the multifaceted petroleum problem are responsible for global warming one and the same as these companies. The reason I say this is. ARE YOU GOING TO STOP PUMPING FUEL? I'm a petrol head, i love my cars and i love driving. That is why i fuel up and ride my skateboard to work, to school, to get groceries. You have to stop pumping fuel for me to consider you NOT part of the problem. Go to school get a degree and go to work as a climate scientist or as a geologist DO SOMETHING! It might be too late to stop some of the damage but you need to think of it like quitting smoking. Even after you get COPD and continue to smoke your body will still get worse but if you quit the symptoms will at the very least stop getting worse. The worst thing you can do is give up and accept the world as ruined. Be the change, I am trying every day to convince everyone to stop buying bottled water and stop pumping fuel, Don't act like a nuclear dependant Telsa is going to save us. What we need to do is unfortunate, we need to stop using our cars.Even a Telsa, still use tires and power which is relying on mostly nuclear-powered energy.

11:09 "the city Is fighting back" then shows a guy building a 3ft high bank made of sand to keep the sea out 🤣

The pr campaign worked just the same way it worked for cigarettes, because most of us really don't want to hear the truth and want any kind of possible denial to just make it feel better

Here's a dirty truth, we cant just stop using oil and transition to electric energy.

Vice strikes again with another incredible example of journalism

I grew up in Northshore Texas. Just downwind of all of the refineries in the ship channel. Advertised as an idealic escape from the city. The area of where "Urban Cowboy" was filmed and some inspiration into the making of "King of the Hill". As a child, I was no different than Greta Thunberg. I cursed them and criticized them, only to be mocked and rejected. That was nearly 50 years ago. I learned the hard lessons of how the money will destroy us. Nobody listened then. Nobody is listening now. I've never been one to promote violence but if we want to save the Earth, we have no choice but to prejudicially destroy those who remain indifferent to the climate crisis as it is now knocking on the front door. This our only option. The fight will be against authoritarianism, totalitarianism, greed and corruption. If we don't act immediately, we will lose this battle. It will be too late. Welcome to the beginning of the war.

We need a rerun of the Nürnberg trials.

Can you just imagine if the lithium for a way to run a car had of been put out for all to study back then... Can you imagine?

This boils my blood! So heartbreaking 💔 our poor planet 🌎🌎🌎🌎

Whats disgusting is that this was done by very few people. 40 years of greed later and here all 7 billion of us are.

*I don't know who needs to hear this but stop saving all your money, invest some of it if you really want financial freedom*

It's a false statement to say that electric cars will not emit CO2 The process of making electricity still requires creating CO2. Little details are important.

Out in the open, yet no convictions, no one held responsible...

Everyone reading this, i want you to scroll up and lie this video right now to get this video to blow up. This report is so amazing.

"We're sorry "

this is why i didn't plan to have my own family earth is doomed 20 years from now.

Bangladesh is one of the most affected country of climate change..but the documentary don't show any footage of Bangladesh....

this isn't a fucking joke anymore. It's time for change now.

imagine curing your entire species for hundreds of years because ; shareholders

Weren't these corporate lies extraordinarily obvious? Step one isn't to be skeptical all the time, which seems to be an internet obsession, it is to insist on a proper education for yourself and your children. It's far more difficult to fool people who have a broad understanding of how the world works.

It shouldn't say "In God We Trust" on our dollars. It should say "Profit Is Our God".

This is something I would take up arms and be willing to fight in a war to stop it, even as a passavist. Mother earth is our only life line right now, and oil and natural gas companies are hanging our mother by a noose for all of us to see. Edit; typo.

“ There’s nothing illegal about that” they’re responsible for hundreds of deaths😐

Fact for some: These companies also have PMC (private military contacts) out in Africa & other locations, where they actively defend and engage in combat while defending their stolen land.

Fortunately mining Lithium is a very clean process and the world has an infinite supply of Lithium, this is why Elon will save us all.

If I can make a candle out of half an orange (peel + inner core pith) and olive oil, why can’t we run cars on it? Haven’t we been using olive oil for literally millennia?

In Austria, on the Shell gastation they re actually even asking you for a CO2 balance fund when paying the gas bill.

They are literally laughing at us. Reminds me of that movie 'Thank you for smoking'.

And none responsible will ever see the inside of a jail cell despite the bodies piling up.

I live next to a box refinery. When the wind is right whatever they are pumping in the air smells so bad. Birch Bay Washington BP.

If you call yourself a scientist and say climate isn't changing, maybe it's time to retire, or wake up

If you truly care about the climate, instead of trying to blame companies that provided essential services to us for decades we can only blame ourselves for choosing politicians that didn't try to invest in greener energy. If you really care then you should vote for the green party in your respective country.

It's astounds me that some people think scientists only lie for money yet they go to church and believe a priest whole heartily..

*“Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him"; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen.* Revelation 1:7

We the People of Planet Earth are Listening! Thank you for posting this Knowledge!

*This is Peak Capitalism*

The real bad news is that there is no other fuel. And we are all addicted to electricity.

Notice how oil companies are completely silent on this subject at the moment

This world is a Cold Cruel World

F this industry

finally the focus is slowly shifting to companys that have the actual blame and resources to do anything, not the average random person.. if only people listened and acted

The bad lobbying is a cancer of greed and irresponsability

Maybe you should mention how China, India, Russia etc. doesn’t give a crap about fossil fuel or the environment

Say what you want about other countries, but the US government and companies like these are the most crook of them all. As viewers and consumers what can we do next?

Nicely made video thanks :)

The worst part is when the wildlife suffers and dies. Wildfires and oil spills are the worst. If nature disposes of a few billion humans ASAP, that would be a plus for the wildlife and the remaining humans.