Natural Resources committee  I think the incredible work that Exxon did in the 1970s and 1980s on climate science, which was absolutely cutting-edge, creates enormous dissonance for people in the petroleum industry now, because it was stated, it was shared and it was known. Then it was consciously and systematically disavowed and undermined.

Natural Resources committee  Thanks for that question. That's the nut we have to crack together. What we need, first, is a good-faith recognition from the fossil fuel industry that it is fundamentally lethal to the planet's stability as we know it. If you look at every single metric of climate distress, whether it's Antarctic ice, glacial melt or the state of sea surface temperature—which is several degrees above normal all over the world right now....

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. I'm an independent journalist and author from Vancouver. My work is evidence-based and fact-based. There are about a thousand endnotes, footnotes and citations in this book. Fire Weather is currently a bestseller and finalist for national prizes in three different countries.