The 8 talking points fossil fuel interests use to obstruct climate action

Oil and gas companies were active on Twitter during international negotiations over the Paris Agreement to limit global warming, promoting the incorrect notion that Americans did not support taking action on climate change.

Other branches of the fossil fuel industry have also taken to social media to discourage actions to reduce the use of their products.

Four types of denial rhetoric argue climate change is either not happening, not that bad, or not caused by humans, or that it’s being adequately taken care of.

The tweets that promoted delay either redirected responsibility for climate change, advocated for nontransformative solutions, emphasized the downsides of climate regulations, or “surrendered” to the idea that solving climate change isn’t feasible.

PLOS Climate study is "comprehensive in its approach," says Kinol .

Kinol is confident companies are still using the same strategies to minimize the need for climate action.

Additional analysis is needed to confirm whether the organizations in question really intended to obstruct climate action, she says.