Episode 171. BEST IN CLIMATE: Big Oil and Gas kept a dirty secret for decades. Now they may pay the price, By Chris McGreal

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Through an unprecedented wave of lawsuits, America’s petroleum gi</span></em><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">ants finally face a reckoning for the devastation they have knowingly caused by fossil fuels.</span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This story originally appeared in <a href= "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/30/climate-crimes-oil-and-gas-environment"> The Guardian</a> and is republished here as part of <a href= "https://coveringclimatenow.org/">Covering Climate Now</a>, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.</span></em></p>