For Oil Industry, Clean Air Fight Was Dress Rehearsal for Climate Denial

InsideClimate News
By Guest WritersJun 6, 2016, 4:00 am95 pts
Through the Smoke and Fumes Committee, industry blurred the science surrounding air pollution and worked to forestall unwanted regulation. By Neela Banerjee, David Hasemyer, Lisa Song When the smog plaguing Los Angeles reached distressing levels in the early 1950s, the city hired Arie Haagen-Smit to study the…

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