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Big Oil's Knowledge and Cover-Up
This chapter explores the knowledge and cover-up of global warming by oil companies, including comparisons to tactics used by big tobacco. It discusses a lawsuit against utilities for inaction on climate change and highlights the research on carbon dioxide emissions and its link to global warming. The chapter also mentions the emerging field of attribution science and the success of oil companies' social influence campaigns in misleading the public.