How "Big Oil" Works the System and Keeps Winning.

The article explores Nearly every major oil and gas company now claims that it accepts the science and supports sensible climate policies. But their actions speak louder than words. The industry was employing a strategy pioneered by tobacco companies, but with a twist. Beginning in the 1950s, the tobacco industry cultivated a sotto voce network of scientists at scores of American universities and medical schools, whose work it funded.