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What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words

  • Written by Benjamin Franta, Ph.D. Candidate in History, Stanford University
imageThe oil industry was aware of the risks of climate change decades ago.Barry Lewis/InPictures via Getty Images

Four years ago, I traveled around America, visiting historical archives. I was looking for documents that might reveal the hidden history of climate change – and in particular, when the major coal, oil and gas companies became aware...

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