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Thomas Perrett is a freelance journalist and contributor to Byline Times, Left Foot Forward, Current Affairs and The Ecologist. He is a former researcher and contributor at DeSmog.
Big Oil has waged a decades-long disinformation war to prevent the transition to renewable energy, resulting in obscene profits for fossil fuel companies, soaring bills for consumers and a climate crisis that threatens the planet.
Fossil fuel giants around the world are suing governments for their climate policies, and winning hundreds of millions of dollars – the result of a system that protects dirty investments over a liveable earth.