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Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover up Climate Change
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Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy That Stole Our Chance of Stopping Climate Change
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First Sentence
"Midway through as historic congressional hearing about whether some of the world's largest oil companies lied to the public about climate change, I noticed something odd."
Table of Contents
1
Page Introduction
I: THE FIRST WARNINGS (1959-2013).
9
Page "Just another storm"
14
Page "Men on a hunt"
19
Page "A gift from God"
26
Page "We were all so desperate"
34
Page "Operation Oilsands"
41
Page "A million pieces"
II: THE EARLY CONSTRUCTION OF DENIAL (1968-1988).
47
Page "He seemed embarrased"
52
Page "Ahead of the game"
59
Page "Very strong interests at stake"
66
Page "Pitted against our very survival"
III: SOLUTIONS KNOWN AND SABOTAGED (1988-2002).
75
Page "Threaten the existence"
81
Page "I feel embarrased"
85
Page "We have to get this right"
89
Page "Americans can't hear the whistle"
97
Page "The dumbest-assed thing"
IV: A PUBLIC AWAKENING (1997-2008).
105
Page "Victory will be achieved"
107
Page "They lied about everything"
115
Page "Saudi Arabia of the western world"
119
Page "What Makes Weather?"
124
Page "Global energy powerhouse"
V: BLAME CANADA (2006-2010).
133
Page "Back off dudes!"
137
Page "A full-on barney"
142
Page "Public embarrassment"
146
Page "They're struggling forward"
152
Page "Global warming!"
VI: THE CLIMATE GOES TO COURT (2008-2014).
161
Page "The island is sad that it's going away"
166
Page "A way to justify exploitation"
171
Page "I remember being angry every day"
VII: WELL-OILED ALLIES (2016-2019).
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Page "Stacked with friends"
180
Page "Friends with unexpected places"
188
Page "It just kept going and going"
193
Page "This is an avalanche"
198
Page "We are the beating heart"
206
Page "They surrounded me"
VIII: THE RIGHT TO LIVE (2020-2022).
215
Page "Robbed of their options"
222
Page "Why wouldn't I choose the right thing to do?"
232
Page "Is there risk?"
239
Page Epilogue
243
Page Acknowledgments
247
Page Notes
273
Page Index
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