The giant fossil-fuel companies have continued to lobby behind the scenes against the shift to low-carbon energy, and have used their vast wealth to buy media coverage designed to sow confusion. Rupert Murdoch’s media empire in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and elsewhere stands out as playing a particularly cynical and harmful role in spreading anti-scientific propaganda.
但是，对许多强大的既得利益而言，气候变化仍然是一场博弈，目标是尽可能推迟行动。化石燃料巨头公司继续在幕后游说阻止转向低碳能源，并利用巨大的财力收买媒体混淆视听。在美国、英国、澳大利亚和其他地方，鲁珀特·默多克（Rupert Murdoch）的媒体帝国充当着传播反科学宣传的急先锋。