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Related: About this forumExxon's climate research accurately projected global warming, study finds
ExxonMobil's own climate science research, which began in the 1970s, accurately predicted the pace and severity of global warming, a new study finds.
Why it matters: The study is the first to examine the performance of Exxon's internal climate modeling as well as its scientists' collaborations with outside researchers. It provides a quantitative assessment of how much the company's executives may have known about the risks of burning oil and gas and when.
Why it matters: The study is the first to examine the performance of Exxon's internal climate modeling as well as its scientists' collaborations with outside researchers. It provides a quantitative assessment of how much the company's executives may have known about the risks of burning oil and gas and when.
The study provides more evidence that Exxon's communication to investors and the public through the 21st century, which has played down the threats posed by climate change and cast computer models as uncertain, did not match what executives were told internally.
The research, dismissed by Exxon, may play a role in ongoing legal action against the company for allegedly misleading investors and the public about the dangers of global warming.
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/12/exxon-climate-research-predicted-global-warming
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Exxon's climate research accurately projected global warming, study finds (Original Post)
icymist
Jan 2023
OP
i found a vintage children's book, a fun history of the world + it mentions global warming. think it
pansypoo53219
Jan 2023
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ymetca
(1,182 posts)1. It should mean
they will be on the hook for damages, just like Big Tobacco. They knowingly marketed a harmful product and did everything imaginable to bamboozle the public into thinking it was safe.
I guess we'll see how many more of us they're willing to kill to protect their precious shareholder value. Millions upon millions, at least.
pansypoo53219
(21,724 posts)2. i found a vintage children's book, a fun history of the world + it mentions global warming. think it
published in the 60's.
Duppers
(28,246 posts)3. Important info. K&R.
Thanks for posting this.
Cross-post here too?
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1127
icymist
(15,888 posts)4. Go ahead and thank you.
I'm away from my computer at the moment.
Duppers
(28,246 posts)5. Thanks! Done.