What Exxon Knew
Newly released documents show that scientists at Exxon Oil Corporation conducted research on climate change and the greenhouse effect in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their conclusions were in accord with mainstream scientific groups in academia, NASA, NOAA, and the Department of Energy, showing that global warming posed a serious problem, with potential “catastrophic effects.”
- Read the documents here: http://insideclimatenews.org/search_d…
- Read the Inside Climate series here InsideClimateNews.org
- Read the Los Angeles Times reporting here LA Times
- Read the letter from Columbia Journalism School Dean Steve Coll to Exxon New York Times
- Oil Companies Can Sponsor Academics To Write Contrarian Studies, Investigation Finds http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/12/08/3729509/greenpeace-fossil-fuel-funding-academic-nondisclosure/
- Tax Me, Says Exxon Mobil, in Declaring Support for Climate Talks http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-02/tax-me-says-exxon-mobil-in-declaring-support-for-climate-talks
Tags: 2015, Climate Denial, Energy, Exxon, Oil, Video, Yale Climate Forum
Categories: Climate Change Denial, Energy, Oil, Video
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Chris covers the climate since 2011, and when not posting articles to the site he usually works on our next video production.
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