Want to know more about the historical evidence underlying California's major lawsuit against Big Oil?. For the first time, my doctoral dissertation on Big Carbon's history of climate deception is available to the public. Read, share, and take action:.

RT @SingularValued: Excited to announce the public launch of CLARA -- the Climate Accountability Research Assistant:..

Let's use AI for corporate accountability and a cleaner, healthier, more just world:

You don't need to be an historian to use CLARA. Ask it any question, and CLARA will answer with detailed, cited answers and links to the original source documents. CLARA makes archival research accessible to anyone. And, it's free to use.

The result is a leap forward in archival research for scholarship, journalism, and legal evidence.

CLARA, created by Meghana Patakota and Jake Rutherford at the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme's Climate Litigation Lab, uses AI techniques to read thousands of pages of historical, internal fossil fuel industry documents hosted at the UC San Francisco Industry Documents Library.

Excited to announce the public launch of CLARA -- the Climate Accountability Research Assistant:

RT @JKSteinberger: This week's readings . 1. @BenFranta 's Weaponizing Economics .2. @ProfSteveKeen 's Appallingl….

Big Oil lined its pockets, leaving the consequences to others.

This CO2 induced summer dryness results not only from the earlier ending of the snowmelt season, but also from the earlier occurrence of the spring to summer reduction in rainfall rate." (Page 19 here: .

"Recently, Manabe et al., using GCMs [general circulation models] calculated that the zonal mean value of soil moisture in summer declines significantly in two separate zones of middle and high latitudes in response to an increase in the CO2 concentration of air. .

And even earlier, in 1982, an internal memo at Exxon mentioned studies predicting increased drought from fossil fuels:.

"In scenario A [business as usual use of fossil fuels] drought conditions continue to increase rapidly, to about 25% in the 2020s and 45% in the 2050s." (Page 98 here: .

"By the 2020s there is no mistaking the great intensification of drought at almost all middle latitude and low latitude land areas. Drought conditions, which occur 5% of the time in the control run, have increased to 10% in the 1990s. .

In 1988, scientists from NASA and NOAA warned of drought from global warming at the Second North American Conference on Preparing for Climate Change, which was co-sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute, Texaco (now part of Chevron), and other fossil fuel interests:.

As fire continues to rage in Los Angeles, remember that Big Carbon has known for decades that its fossil fuel products would cause droughts to become much more common. 🧵.

Litigation can help ensure a more *just* transition away from fossil fuels. Dr. Juliana Velez Echeverri of @TheOxfordSLP summarizes the state of just transition litigation:.

RT @rebecca_John1: "Major oil companies, including Shell and precursors to energy giants Chevron, ExxonMobil and BP, were alerted about the….

RT @rebecca_John1: Once Upon A Time In LA . Big Oil Told 70 Years Ago That Fossil Fuel Emission Could Impact 'Civilization'. NEW Archival….

Incredible new archival finds by @rebecca_John1: Big Oil was warned by its *own* front group about global warming in 1955, then told the group to shut up and buried the research.

RT @TheOxfordSLP: On 13 November, @BenFranta, our Associate Professor of Climate Litigation, will be in conversation with 2024 Pulitzer Pri….