Exxon Mobil scientists accurately predicted global heating since 70s even as the oil giant publicly doubted it, new study reveals
Critics say Exxon's past actions on the climate crisis undermine its claims that it's committed to reducing emissions.
, several years ago reported that "Exxon knew" about the science of climate crisis since about 1977, all while publicly casting doubt.From 63 percent to 83 percent of those projections fit strict standards for accuracy and generally predicted correctly that the globe would warm about 0.2 degrees Celsius a decade.
The paper quoted then-Exxon CEO Lee Raymond in 1999 as saying future climate "projections are based on completely unproven climate models, or more often, sheer speculation," while his successor in 2013 called models "not competent." Oil giants, including Exxon and Shell, were accused in congressional hearings in 2021 of spreading misinformation about climate, but executives from the companies denied the accusations.There's a difference between the "hype and spin" that companies do to get you to buy a product or politicians do to get your vote and an "outright lie ...
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