Rocky Kistner
The oil industry's smoking gun 1968 report now fuels lawsuits against the industry: "science around climate change was clear, it was abundant, and that the best indications were that the risks were really substantial.”https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-lawsuits-oil-industry-research #climate #climatechange
How an Early Oil Industry Study Became Key in Climate Lawsuits

For decades, 1960s research for the American Petroleum Institute warning of the risks of burning fossil fuels had been forgotten. But two papers discovered in libraries are now playing a key role in lawsuits aimed at holding oil companies accountable for climate change.

Yale E360
Dec 4, 2022 at 12:21amWeb
Show threadSteven BodzinDec 4, 2022
@therockyfiles the problem with the lawsuits is that the only cause of action is if they lied to shareholders. It's legal to lie to Congress, to the public, and to the press. Lawsuits are not going to save us.
Show threadRocky KistnerDec 4, 2022
@guacamayan a lot of shareholders were lied to as well.
Show thread𝚃𝙹𝚂Dec 4, 2022

@therockyfiles “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯.” 1968

Great piece by #BethGardiner

Seems like we’ve seen this happen once before 🤔