Big Oil’s Deceptive Climate Ads

How Four Oil Majors Sold False Promises from 2000-2025

Exposed: How BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell sold false climate promises for 25 years.

While knowingly fueling the climate crisis, four oil majors — BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell — spent 25 years running deceptive advertising campaigns to falsely reposition themselves as partners in the fight against climate change.

Big Oil’s Deceptive Climate Ads examines more than 300 unique climate-related advertisements across seven categories of deception, highlighting Big Oil’s modern campaign of lies.


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“These deceptive advertisements not only misrepresent the climate impacts of the companies’ products, initiatives, and actions, but also feed a larger false narrative that oil and gas companies are part of the solution to climate change.”