Publishers Publish

The large Dutch company, Elsevier, is both the largest publisher of climate research as well as the top publisher of books aimed at expanding oil and gas exploration (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/24/elsevier-publishing-climate-science-fossil-fuels ). Some scientists apparently find it surprising that the publisher of Global Environmental Change and Lancet consults with the fossil fuel industry. Publishers publish books and journals. Publishers tend to go for ready markets. Climate research currently attracts a lot of interest. This wasn't always the case. The fossil fuel companies are loaded with finance and are probably only too willing to fund conferences on issues dear to their hearts. Conferences often generate volumes of the proceedings which are published. It's unrealistic to expect publishers to ignore major sectors and become pure disseminators of truth. The climate scientists should try to ensure that their views are as widely disseminated as possible and prevail.