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