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A Dirty Secret: Big Oil and Gas Face a Reckoning

Author: Chris McGreal

In: Guardian Weekly, 2021, pp. 30-32

Article discussing the rising number of law suits being brought in the US by cities and states against fossil fuel companies for environmental damage and for hiding information about the dangers of their operations. It also comments on how courts and activists are influencing the board membership of oil companies. But McGreal notes that although there is mounting pressure on the companies, the court process is very slow.