Bibliograph

The petroleum papers, inside the far-right conspiracy to cover up climate change, Geoff Dembicki

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The petroleum papers, inside the far-right conspiracy to cover up climate change, Geoff Dembicki

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The petroleum papers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Geoff Dembicki

Sub title

inside the far-right conspiracy to cover up climate change

Summary

Drawing from hundreds of confidential oil industry documents spanning decades, this explosive work of investigative reporting reveals for the first time the far-right conspiracy that has stopped the world from preventing the climate crisis. Journalist Geoff Dembicki tells the story of how the American oil companies that founded the tar sands in Alberta, Canada--home to the third-biggest oil reserves on the planet--ignored warnings about climate devastation as early as 1959. Instead of alerting the world to act on this impending global disaster, Exxon, Koch Industries, Shell and others created ad campaigns saying climate change isn't real and that alternatives to oil are an economic disaster. But Dembicki also tells the high-stakes stories of people fighting back: the Seattle lawyer who brought Big Tobacco to its knees and is now going after Big Oil, a young Filipino activist who saw her family drown in a climate disaster, and a former engineer at Exxon who was pushed out for asking too many hard questions

Table Of Contents

The first warnings (1959-2013) -- The early construction of denial (1968-1988) -- Solutions known and sabotaged (1988-2002) -- A public awakening (1997-2008) -- Blame Canada (2006-2010) -- The climate goes to court (2008-2014) -- Well-oiled allies (2016-2019) -- The right to live (2020-2022)

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