| Description |
285 pages ; 24 cm |
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| Note |
"David Suzuki Institute." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-272) and index. |
| 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). |
| 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's stopped the world from preventing the climate crisis. In The Petroleum Papers, investigative 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. These companies built a global right-wing echo chamber to ensure tar sands could keep flowing into the U.S., which helped elect Donald Trump and now leaves the Joe Biden administration with a sprawling climate mess. 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 Filipina 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. With experts now warning we have less than a decade to get global emissions under control, The Petroleum Papers provides a step-by-step account of how we got to this precipice and the politicians and companies who deserve our blame."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Issued By |
Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Institute. |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Political aspects.
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Climatic changes -- Risk assessment.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Corrupt practices.
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Right and left (Political science)
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Corrupt practices
(OCoLC)fst01059558
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Climatic changes -- Risk assessment
(OCoLC)fst00864266
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Climatic changes -- Political aspects
(OCoLC)fst00864257
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects
(OCoLC)fst01059632
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Right and left (Political science) (OCoLC)fst01097849
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| Genre/Form |
Informational works (OCoLC)fst01919930
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Informational works. https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1919930
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Informational works.
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David Suzuki Institute. issuing body.
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| Added Title |
Inside the far-right conspiracy to cover up climate change |
| ISBN |
9781771648929 electronic bk. |
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9781771648912 (hardcover) |
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1771648910 (hardcover) |
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