Big carbon's strategic response to global warming, 1950-2020
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation examines the relationship of the U.S. and international oil and gas industry with the issue of global warming from the 1950s to the present, including early warnings to the industry; the development of climate science within the broader scientific community; internal research on global warming by Exxon and others within the industry; international coordination by the industry to deceive the public about global warming and delay fossil fuel controls; false and misleading public communications by the industry; the industry's continued strategies to weaken and delay fossil fuel controls, including influencing climate economics and academic research, shifting blame to consumers, and greenwashing the industry's public image; and an examination of greenhouse gas emissions and global warming attributable to the industry's dishonest actions.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2022; ©2022 |
| Publication date | 2022; 2022 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Franta, Benjamin Andrew |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Proctor, Robert, 1954- |
| Thesis advisor | Proctor, Robert, 1954- |
| Thesis advisor | Edwards, Paul |
| Thesis advisor | Wolfe, Mikael |
| Degree committee member | Edwards, Paul |
| Degree committee member | Wolfe, Mikael |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of History |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Benjamin Andrew Franta. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of History. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2022. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/hq437ph9153 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2022 by Benjamin Andrew Franta
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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