Climate Change and the Oil Companies' Social Influence Campaigns

Paewa: The early cases failed, but they did uncover some documentation of what oil companies knew and when. Paewa: In the year since, scientists have published new studies connecting particular damages to climate change as part of an emerging field known as attribution science. He says ironically, the success of the oil companies' social influence campaigns are real strength to these cases. "We recognize that global warming is a serious issue, but this kind of lawsuit is counterproductive," he says.