Toxic waters devastated Pacific Coast fisheries. But who’s to blame?

Union leaders say fossil fuel companies must pay for rising ocean temperatures. Not all boat captains are persuaded

Dick Ogg, a silver-haired former electrician who switched to making his living catching crabs two decades ago, is a staunch supporter of the union representing fishing boat captains along America's western seaboard.

But when he heard that the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations was suing some of the world's largest oil companies for causing the climate crisis, Ogg took stock of the barrels of diesel oil stacked on his vessel, the 54-foot Karen Jeanne, and wondered if the litigation was not only a mistake but hypocritical.