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The Power of Big Oil
The Power of Big Oil is a three-part 2022 documentary miniseries produced by WGBH for the investigative documentary television program Frontline, which airs in the United States on PBS. It is an examination of what the public, businesses, governments, and scientists have known for decades on climate change, as well as the numerous opportunities that were lost to help mitigate the issue.
The episodes called Denial, Doubt, and Delay, examine how industry was researching climate change as early as the 1970s, how it attempted to cast doubt on the science, and how it influenced public perception and policy. It spans a half-century and draws on interviews with world leaders, oil industry scientists, whistleblowers, lobbyists, and executives, as well as newly discovered internal documents.
The producers of the series were looking at answering a simple question – how did we get here? According to Frontline senior producer Dan Edge, they were looking at what choices were made, what opportunities were lost, and what cautions were simply disregarded. What, when, and how much did the fossil fuel industry know about climate change and what was done with what they knew. The series investigates how and why, particularly in the United States, that fundamental reality was successfully and dramatically obscured by organizations deliberately spreading misinformation about climate change.
Part 1: Denial, reveals how studies on climate change were conducted by the fossil fuel industry in the 1970s, how it denied the science, and the role it played in delaying and preventing action on climate change over the past four decades. It also examines how an industry coalition (i.e. the Global Climate Coalition) and, ultimately, politicians were able to deflate any hopes that the U.S. would ever sign on to the Kyoto Protocol.
Part 2: Doubt, investigates the industry's attempts to obstruct climate policy by casting doubt on the science and by forming political advocacy groups (e.g. the Americans for Prosperity) to block the Waxman-Markey bill, despite mounting evidence of climate change in the new millennium.
Part 3: Delay, looks at the strategies used by the fossil fuel industry, including advancing natural gas as a cleaner energy source, in the hopes of slowing down the transition to renewable energy sources.
Frontline conducted over 100 interviews of scientists, corporate executives, directors, employees of public relation firms, and former senators and congressmen of the United States.
The Power of Big Oil was first released on the PBS television network in the United States. The episodes were broadcast on the investigative program Frontline for three consecutive weeks. Part 1: Denial, an 85-minute episode was aired April 19, 2022. Part 2: Doubt, and Part 3: Delay are each 54-minute episodes.
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The Power of Big Oil
The Power of Big Oil is a three-part 2022 documentary miniseries produced by WGBH for the investigative documentary television program Frontline, which airs in the United States on PBS. It is an examination of what the public, businesses, governments, and scientists have known for decades on climate change, as well as the numerous opportunities that were lost to help mitigate the issue.
The episodes called Denial, Doubt, and Delay, examine how industry was researching climate change as early as the 1970s, how it attempted to cast doubt on the science, and how it influenced public perception and policy. It spans a half-century and draws on interviews with world leaders, oil industry scientists, whistleblowers, lobbyists, and executives, as well as newly discovered internal documents.
The producers of the series were looking at answering a simple question – how did we get here? According to Frontline senior producer Dan Edge, they were looking at what choices were made, what opportunities were lost, and what cautions were simply disregarded. What, when, and how much did the fossil fuel industry know about climate change and what was done with what they knew. The series investigates how and why, particularly in the United States, that fundamental reality was successfully and dramatically obscured by organizations deliberately spreading misinformation about climate change.
Part 1: Denial, reveals how studies on climate change were conducted by the fossil fuel industry in the 1970s, how it denied the science, and the role it played in delaying and preventing action on climate change over the past four decades. It also examines how an industry coalition (i.e. the Global Climate Coalition) and, ultimately, politicians were able to deflate any hopes that the U.S. would ever sign on to the Kyoto Protocol.
Part 2: Doubt, investigates the industry's attempts to obstruct climate policy by casting doubt on the science and by forming political advocacy groups (e.g. the Americans for Prosperity) to block the Waxman-Markey bill, despite mounting evidence of climate change in the new millennium.
Part 3: Delay, looks at the strategies used by the fossil fuel industry, including advancing natural gas as a cleaner energy source, in the hopes of slowing down the transition to renewable energy sources.
Frontline conducted over 100 interviews of scientists, corporate executives, directors, employees of public relation firms, and former senators and congressmen of the United States.
The Power of Big Oil was first released on the PBS television network in the United States. The episodes were broadcast on the investigative program Frontline for three consecutive weeks. Part 1: Denial, an 85-minute episode was aired April 19, 2022. Part 2: Doubt, and Part 3: Delay are each 54-minute episodes.