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Oil giant knew and hid global warming facts

Exxon Corp. commissioned scientists to research climate change from 1977 to 1982.   They concluded that fossil fuels were causing a buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that would change the climate, an investigation of Inside Climate News has shown.

Top management hid and ignored the findings.  There is a fine line between being willfully ignorant and lying.  I think Exxon management crossed that line, and the world will suffer as a result.

LINKS

Top Exxon scientists began warning top management about fossil fuels and climate change in 1977 by Jen Hayden for Daily Kos.  (Hat tip to my expatriate e-mail pen pal Jack)

Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago by Neela Banerjee, Lisa Song and David Hasemyer for Inside Climate News.

Exxon Believed Deep Dive Into Climate Research Would Protect Its Business by Neela Banerjee, Lisa Song and David Hasemyer for Inside Climate News.

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