Political leaders in countries that produce coal, oil, and gas – like the US, Australia, and Canada – have pretended that climate change is a mere hypothesis. For several years, the Bush administration tried to hide the facts from the public, deleting references to manmade climate from government documents and even trying to suppress statements by leading government scientists.
美国、澳大利亚以及加拿大等生产煤炭、石油以及天然气的国家中的政治领导人一直假装说气候变化只是一个假设。几年来，布什政府试图向公众隐瞒事实，把人为气候变化的引文从政府文件中删除，甚至还试图压制主要政府科学家们的声明。直到最近，埃克森美孚公司和其他公司还支付游说公司试图扭曲公共辩论。