$89 billion
The approximate annual US federal tax breaks and other direct subsidies for oil companies.
$36.1 billion
ExxonMobil's 2005 profits
Check out Terry Tamminen's new book Lives per Gallon for more information on the true costs of our addiction to oil.
Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
