Missy Sims and Richard Wiles take on Big Oil for causing the climate crisis
Missy Sims and Richard Wiles take on Big Oil for causing the climate crisis  
Podcast: Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode
Published On: Tue Jul 16 2024
Description: Oil companies have known about their enormous and “catastrophic” contribution to climate change since the 1950s. They lied about it for as long as they could and are now lying about their newfound commitment to solving the problem they created. Who will hold them accountable?  Melissa “Missy” Sims, a lawyer from Illinois, is currently representing 52 Puerto Rican municipalities against Big Oil for hurricane-related damages caused by the climate crisis. Richard Wiles is the president of the Center for Climate Integrity, which helps state and local elected leaders, including state attorneys generals hold Big Oil companies accountable for climate damages through litigation. In today’s episode, Ken, Missy and Richard talk about how they got to the front lines of protecting our planet by working together on a mission to sue Big Oil and what their hope for the future looks like.Want a deeper dive on today’s episode? Check out the links below:She’s on a Mission From: God Suing Big Oil Companies for DamagesCenter for Climate Integrity The Global Climate Science Communications Action Plan “The Victory Memo”T.I.N.A. Group Sceanarios 1998Exxon’s 1978 report “The Greenhouse Effect”Exxon’s 1979 report “Controlling Atmospheric CO2”Exxon's 2019 Corporate Strategic Planning memorandumShell’s 2020 “Let’s Talk Energy Transition” emails and deckHouse Oversight documents reveal Big Oil’s “greenwashing” climate claims to hide investments in fossil fuelsKen Cook Is Having Another Episode every other week.@kencookspodcastwww.ewg.org@environmentalworkinggroup