Big Oil v the World

2022•1h 0m

Documentary

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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Production

Mongoose Pictures

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

July 21, 2022

Last Aired

August 4, 2022

Networks

BBC Two

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Denial

Air date: 2022-07-21

The story of what the fossil fuel industry knew about climate change more than four decades ago, as scientists working for Exxon reveal how they sounded the alarm about the effects of fossil fuels.

Doubt

Air date: 2022-07-28

Even as the science grew more certain, the oil industry continued to block action to tackle climate change in the new millennium.

Delay

Air date: 2022-08-04

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.