This is part four of a six-part series.

If you've missed the first few episodes,

go back and listen so you'll be caught up

on the story to this point.

In today's episode, we're gonna look at

how solid of a case the cravers might have.

And what exactly big oil knew and when?

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Previously on Derald.

In the end, you know, you have to stand on principle that you believe in.

That's what I was taught.

And so if I separate all that from the facts of the lawsuit

and what they're trying to achieve, I believe it's the right thing to do.

Just as West Coast crab fishermen were getting their first real taste

of what a future with climate change would be like,

media reports were revealing that some people at least had known this was coming for a while.

Exxon scientists understood the mechanisms

and consequences of human cause climate change

as early as the late 1970s and early 1980s.

This is the story of two industries.

One struggling to survive, the other the most powerful in human history.

The outcome of their battle may well dictate what path we take in dealing with climate change.

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