The oil industry has succeeded in switching the focus in the fight against climate change away from industry and government to individual actions of consumers. “It must be individual consumers, who are demanding to use fossil fuels, that are both the cause and the solution to environmental and climate crises,” reveals the report. Only one teacher interviewed by the authors “confronts the corporate power of the fossil fuel industries.”

As far back as 2014, The Narwhal exposed the involvement of “Suncor Energy and Syncrude Canada in the creation of future Kindergarten to grade three curriculum. Oil giant Cenovus will partner in developing curriculum for grades four to 12.”