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'Climate change is not a tragedy, it's a crime': The team taking on Big Oil - CNN

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'Climate change is not a tragedy, it's a crime': The team taking on Big Oil

Christiane Amanpour speaks to Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity, and attorney Melissa Sims about their mission to make oil and gas companies pay for climate damages in Puerto Rico.

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While electric-powered vehicles may be the ride of the future, oil remains at least for now the dominant fuel for transportation around the world. And after a period of time at the end of the 20th century when oil was subject to wide fluctuations in price, new supplies in North America as a result of non-conventional recovery techniques have helped stabilize prices.

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