Climate Changed
Exxon Duped Public Over Climate Concerns, Harvard Research Says
- Oil major accepted man-made climate change while casting doubt
- Science historians analyse 187 documents dating back 40 years
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Exxon Mobil Corp. spent the last 40 years undermining public concern over climate change, even as its own scientists determined man-made global warming was real and a serious threat, according to Harvard University researchers writing in a peer-reviewed journal.
“Exxon Mobil contributed to advancing climate science -- by way of its scientists’ academic publications -- but promoted doubt about it in advertorials,” the Harvard researchers wrote in the journal Environmental Research Letters. “Given this discrepancy, we conclude that Exxon Mobil misled the public.”