Rebecca John is a Research Fellow at the Climate Investigations Center. She is also a freelance journalist and award-winning documentary film maker. As a Producer and Director of the acclaimedย โExtreme Oilโ /ย โCurse of Oilโ series forย PBS /BBCย her work was awarded aย Cine Golden Eagleย for News Analysis. Other award-winning and nominated series and films includeย โChurchillโย forย PBSย &ย ITV,ย โThe Secret World of Richard Nixonโย forย The History Channel/BBCย andย โAmbush In Mogadishuโย forย PBS Frontline/ BBC (winner of the Edward R. Murrow Overseas Press Club of America โBest Documentary on Foreign Affairs Awardโ). Follow her on X at @rebecca_John1.
BP sees sponsored content as a crucial tool to reach โWashington, DC, elites,โ according to subpoenaed memos.
Documents shed light on the earliest-known instance of climate science funded by the fossil fuel industry, adding to growing understanding of Big Oilโs knowledge of climate change.
New documents show Big Oil funded the first known meeting on CO2 and climate change, bringing risks of burning fossil fuels to national attention.
A 1965 memo to Lyndon Baines Johnson discloses the link between CO2 emissions and climate change โ showing federal climate action could have started decades sooner.
For 60 years, corporate polluters and their political allies have sought to slow and derail anti-pollution laws, often using the exact same arguments and wording. Todayโs pushback against EPA proposals to cut CO2 emissions from power plants is no exception.
The American Gas Association is trying to discredit research on the health impacts of gas stoves today. But newly revealed documents show it was discussing indoor air pollution concerns five decades ago.
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