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Corporations downplay fossil fuel emissions as scrutiny of true costs grows
Original: Corporations claim their fossil fuel emissions are a drop in the ocean. But what if we could count the real cost?
The Guardian examines a common corporate argument that individual companies' fossil fuel emissions are too small to matter, a 'drop in the ocean' compared to global totals. The piece asks what the picture would look like if the full real-world costs of those emissions were properly counted, challenging firms to account for their cumulative contribution to climate damage rather than deflecting responsibility.
Why now: Ongoing debate over corporate climate accountability and who should pay for emissions damage keeps the topic in the news.
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- Corporations claim their fossil fuel emissions are a drop in the ocean. But what if we could count the real cost? · The Guardian
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