Even as the science grew more certain, the oil industry continued to block action to tackle climate change in the new millennium. In a revelatory interview, Christine Todd Whitman, George W. Bush's former environment chief, tells the story of how industry successfully lobbied President Bush to reverse course on his campaign promise to regulate carbon emissions.
Tensions grew between two of the world's biggest oil companies, ExxonMobil and BP, after the latter publicly called for action to tackle climate change. The election of Barack Obama provided hope for supporters of climate action, but the billionaire Koch brothers made an effort to block the new President's attempts to pass climate change legislation, and climate denialism became the mainstream position of the Republican Party. A lawyer who worked for Kochs through this period speaks on camera for the first time.
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Show Name....... Big Oil v the World
Rating.......... N/A
Premiered....... 2022-07-20
Type............ Documentary
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Plot............ The most important story of our time. 2022 is set to be a year of unprecedented climate chaos across the planet. As the world's leading climate scientists issue new warnings about climate change and the soaring cost of fuel highlights the world's ongoing dependence on fossil fuels how did we get here?
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Network......... BBC iPlayer
Country......... United Kingdom
Language........ English
Runtime......... 0 mins
Status.......... In Development
Air Date........ Thursday 21:00
URL............. https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/62950/big-oil-v-the-world
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Episode Name.... Doubt
Season.......... 1x02
Plot............ Even as the science grew more certain, the oil industry continued to block action to tackle climate change in the new millennium. In a revelatory interview, Christine Todd Whitman, George W. Bush's former environment chief, tells the story of how industry successfully lobbied President Bush to reverse course on his campaign promise to regulate carbon emissions.Tensions grew between two of the world's biggest oil companies, ExxonMobil and BP, after the latter publicly called for action to tackle climate change. The election of Barack Obama provided hope for supporters of climate action, but the billionaire Koch brothers made an effort to block the new President's attempts to pass climate change legislation, and climate denialism became the mainstream position of the Republican Party. A lawyer who worked for Kochs through this period speaks on camera for the first time
Runtime......... 60 mins
Air Date........ 2022-07-21 Thursday, 15:00
URL............. https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2361612/big-oil-v-the-world-1x02-doubt
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Episode Name.... Delay
Season.......... 1x03
Plot............ How the 2010s became another lost decade in the fight against climate change as the move to natural gas delayed a transition to more renewable sources of energy.Engineer Tony Ingraffea explains how, in the 1980s, he helped develop a new technique for extracting gas and oil from shale rock, which ultimately became known as fracking'. It was to unleash vast new reserves of fossil fuels and promoted as a cleaner energy source. But Ingraffea explains how he later came to regret his work, when he realised that gas could be even worse for climate change than coal and oil.Dar Lon Chang, a former ExxonMobil engineer, speaks for the first time on camera alleging that as the company increased its natural gas operations, it was not sufficiently monitoring methane leaks that were contributing to climate change. Now, after a year of unprecedented wildfires, drought, and other climate-related disasters, multiple lawsuits are being brought in US courts in efforts to hold Big Oil legally accountable for the climate crisis
Runtime......... 60 mins
Air Date........ 2022-07-21 Thursday, 15:00
URL............. https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2361613/big-oil-v-the-world-1x03-delay
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