How Big Tobacco used bad science to avoid accountability — and set the blueprint for Big Oil

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How Big Tobacco used bad science to avoid accountability — and set the blueprint for Big Oil

In October, chief executives from four of the world's most powerful Big Oil companies testified before Congress about climate change — a scene that was eerily reminiscent of something that happened in the spring of 1994. Then, seven industry giants appeared before the House of Representatives — but from Big Tobacco, not Big Oil. As the business titans withered under persistent questioning from Rep. Henry Waxman, a California Democrat, Americans …