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
• Read the Inside Climate series here InsideClimateNews.org
• Read the letter from Columbia Journalism School Dean Steve Coll to Exxon New York Times
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