Calif. AG: We Are Suing Oil Companies Because They ‘Knew that We Would Have Climate Change’

[Clip starts WIRTH Climate ░░░░░░░░ is a global issue ░░░░░░░░ calls for a coordinated ░░░░░░░░ policy response not piecemeal ░░░░░░░░ that benefits attorneys and ░░░░░░░░ Clip ends HARLOW His ░░░░░░░░ were echoed in a ░░░░░░░░ from Shell which said ░░░░░░░░ courtroom is not the ░░░░░░░░ to address climate change ░░░░░░░░ s talk about this ░░░░░░░░ with the man who ░░░░░░░░ it attorney general of ░░░░░░░░ Rob Bonta It s ░░░░░░░░ to have you in ░░░░░░░░ Thank you for being ░░░░░░░░ The American Petroleum Institute ░░░░░░░░ is also a defendant ░░░░░░░░ your case calls it ░░░░░░░░ politicized an enormous waste ░░░░░░░░ California s taxpayer resources ░░░░░░░░ why you think you ░░░░░░░░ prevail in court BONTA ░░░░░░░░ the spin and distraction ░░░░░░░░ deception that you expect ░░░░░░░░ hear from Big Oil ░░░░░░░░ has been doing this ░░░░░░░░ decades They are very ░░░░░░░░ at the deception and ░░░░░░░░ distraction and the misleading ░░░░░░░░ This is a lawsuit ░░░░░░░░ them accountable for their ░░░░░░░░ in court I am ░░░░░░░░ they don t want ░░░░░░░░ be there especially when ░░░░░░░░ is the plaintiff The ░░░░░░░░ state in the nation ░░░░░░░░ fourth largest economy in ░░░░░░░░ world the biggest geographic ░░░░░░░░ and the largest economy ░░░░░░░░ sue them They need ░░░░░░░░ be responsible for their ░░░░░░░░ So we are suing ░░░░░░░░ in state court for ░░░░░░░░ of damage destruction and ░░░░░░░░ and we have most ░░░░░░░░ sweeping causative action of ░░░░░░░░ case brought so far ░░░░░░░░ So Mr Attorney General ░░░░░░░░ us understand your most ░░░░░░░░ piece of evidence that ░░░░░░░░ believe will show in ░░░░░░░░ that company executives specifically ░░░░░░░░ that they were doing ░░░░░░░░ that would cause this ░░░░░░░░ and that they suppressed ░░░░░░░░ BONTA 50 60 70 ░░░░░░░░ ago we have internal ░░░░░░░░ internal speeches industry commissioned ░░░░░░░░ notes on memos their ░░░░░░░░ not mine take their ░░░░░░░░ words for it where ░░░░░░░░ say yeah they are ░░░░░░░░ internally privately they re ░░░░░░░░ climate change they re ░░░░░░░░ the damage to the ░░░░░░░░ they re acknowledging the ░░░░░░░░ weather that will come ░░░░░░░░ predicted with terrifying certainty ░░░░░░░░ where we are today ░░░░░░░░ they hid it and ░░░░░░░░ lied to the people ░░░░░░░░ people shouldn t be ░░░░░░░░ to HARLOW Reading through ░░░░░░░░ complaint I want to ░░░░░░░░ up the graphic that ░░░░░░░░ have in your complaint ░░░░░░░░ hope you can explain ░░░░░░░░ to people what this ░░░░░░░░ showing us I believe ░░░░░░░░ is from 1979 What ░░░░░░░░ you alleging here Can ░░░░░░░░ see that BONTA No ░░░░░░░░ Okay Well it s ░░░░░░░░ predicted companies compared you ░░░░░░░░ take a look at ░░░░░░░░ on a piece of ░░░░░░░░ BONTA This is a ░░░░░░░░ What you re trying ░░░░░░░░ show here BONTA Yeah ░░░░░░░░ mean the prediction of ░░░░░░░░ warming It shows that ░░░░░░░░ on based on their ░░░░░░░░ studies they knew that ░░░░░░░░ would have climate change ░░░░░░░░ would have global warming ░░░░░░░░ impacts they called it ░░░░░░░░ on the environment They ░░░░░░░░ knew there were alternative ░░░░░░░░ for clean energy They ░░░░░░░░ about carbon sequestration and ░░░░░░░░ and they suppressed those ░░░░░░░░ to pursue a profit ░░░░░░░░ pathway of fossil fuels ░░░░░░░░ is destroying the planet ░░░░░░░░ leaving people like my ░░░░░░░░ to say Dad I ░░░░░░░░ our family but I ░░░░░░░░ not want to have ░░░░░░░░ family of my own ░░░░░░░░ I think it s ░░░░░░░░ to bring a new ░░░░░░░░ into a dying planet ░░░░░░░░ is a whole generation ░░░░░░░░ young people who think ░░░░░░░░