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The Power of Big Oil is a three-part 2022 documentary miniseries produced by WGBH for the investigative documentary television program Frontline, which airs in the United States on PBS. It is an examination of what the public, businesses, governments, and scientists have known for decades on climate change, as well as the numerous opportunities that were lost to help mitigate the issue.
Original Release
04/19/2022
US Release
04/19/2022
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Will Lyman | Narrator |
| Al Gore | Self - Fmr. U.S. Senator / Self - Fmr. U.S. Vice president |
| Kert Davies | Self - Director, Climate Investigations Center |
| Jerry Taylor | Self - CATO Institute |
| Heather Zichal | Self - Environmental policy director, Obama campaign / Self - Fmr. Obama adviser on climate & energy |
| Russell Gold | Self - Author, The Boom / Self - The Wall Street Journal |
| Neela Banerjee | Self - Inside Climate News, 2015-20 / Self - Supervising Climate Editor, NPR |
| Jane McMullen | Self - Interviewer |
| Patrick Michaels | Self - Professor at Univ. of Virginia, 1980-2007 |
| Ivan Penn | Self - The New York Times |
Directors
Robin Barnwell, Jane McMullen, Gesbeen Mohammad
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Will Lyman | Narrator |
| Al Gore | Self - Fmr. U.S. Senator / Self - Fmr. U.S. Vice president |
| Kert Davies | Self - Director, Climate Investigations Center |
| Jerry Taylor | Self - CATO Institute |
| Heather Zichal | Self - Environmental policy director, Obama campaign / Self - Fmr. Obama adviser on climate & energy |
| Russell Gold | Self - Author, The Boom / Self - The Wall Street Journal |
| Neela Banerjee | Self - Inside Climate News, 2015-20 / Self - Supervising Climate Editor, NPR |
| Jane McMullen | Self - Interviewer |
| Patrick Michaels | Self - Professor at Univ. of Virginia, 1980-2007 |
| Ivan Penn | Self - The New York Times |
| James Hansen | Self - Fmr. Director, NASA Goddard Institute |
| Chuck Hagel | Self - Fmr. U.S. Senator |
| Marc Chupka | Self - Fmr. White House economist |
| Michael MacCracken | Self - Climate scientist |
| Benjamin Santer | Self - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Bill Heins | Self - Geoscientist, Exxon Mobil, 2001-19 |
| Richard Werthamer | Self - Manager, Exxon Research & Engineering, 1979-82 |
| Bob Inglis | Self - Fmr. U.S. congressman |
| Don Rheem | Self - E. Bruce Harrison PR firm |
| Steve Lonegan | Self - Americans for Prosperity, 2006-13 |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Sarah Waldron | Executive Producer |
| David Fanning | Executive Producer |
| Raney Aronson | Executive Producer |
| Sara Obeidat | Producer |
| Katherine Griwert | Producer |
| Miles Alvord | Producer |
| Erika Howard | Producer |
| Frank Koughan | Producer |
| Daniel Edge | Producer |
| Megan Robertson | Producer |
| Michelle Mizner | Producer |
| Daffodil Altan | Producer |
| Robin Parmelee | Producer |
| Carla Borras | Producer |
| Emily Pisacreta | Producer |
| Izze Gibson | Producer |
| Gesbeen Mohammad | Producer |
| James Jacoby | Producer |
| Eamonn Matthews | Producer |
| Nina Chaudry | Producer |
| Robin Barnwell | Producer |
| Jane McMullen | Producer |
| Emma Supple | Producer |
