An analysis of the nine top players in the U.S. fossil fuel-derived hydrocarbon industries (oil/gas, plastics, and agrichemicals) shows tight linkages across the three different sectors, with news media, other petrochemical industry players, and politicians also frequently tagged, according to a study published January 15, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Alaina Kinol from Northeastern University, United States, and colleagues.

An analysis of the nine top players in the U.S. fossil fuel-derived hydrocarbon industries (oil/gas, plastics, and agrichemicals) shows tight linkages across the three different sectors, with news media, other petrochemical industry players, and politicians also frequently tagged.

The findings suggest more investigation is warranted into how these organizations may use social media to amplify one another’s messages and shape public discourse around their industries and the climate crisis.

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Networks of climate obstruction: Discourses of denial and delay in US fossil energy, plastic, and agrichemical industries

https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pclm.0000370