UN chief slams oil firms for 'big lie' on global warming

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres skewered oil firms on Wednesday for having "peddled the big lie" about their role in global warming, telling the World Economic Forum that they should be held accountable."Some in Big Oil peddled the big lie.

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