r/climatechange • u/Top_Awareness_6996 • 10d ago

New Evidence of Exxon's Climate Deception

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07102026/exxonmobil-climate-deception-new-evidence/

The Massachusetts Attorney General has new evidence of Exxon's climate deception, including a deposition with an Exxon scientist who agreed the company's algae biofuel claims were misleading.

“They are really scared of the public finding out about this reality,” said Aaron Regunberg of Public Citizen.

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u/OG-Brian 8d ago

Some of the history of Exxon and either denial of or awareness about climate change:

Exxon Knew about Climate Change almost 40 years ago
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/

  • Exxon scientists were aware as early as 1977
  • company invested substantial sums in its own climate research, including a $1 million investment in a tanker project about ocean CO2 absorption

Exxon Mobil Knew About Climate Change, But Lied for Years: Report
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/exxon-mobil-lied-about-climate-change/

Senators to Exxon: Are You Still Funding Climate Denial?
https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senators-to-exxon-are-you-still-funding-climate-denial

  • company appears to have transitioned from openly funding denial campaigns to funneling money through dark money organizations

ExxonMobil and Climate Change: A Story of Denial, Delay, and Delusion, Told in Forms 10-K (1993-2000)
https://whistleblower.org/general/climate-science-watch/exxonmobil-and-climate-change-a-story-of-denial-delay-and-delusion-told-in-forms-10-k-1993-2000/

THE CLIMATE DENIAL MACHINE: HOW THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY BLOCKS CLIMATE ACTION.
https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/climate-denial-machine-how-fossil-fuel-industry-blocks-climate-action

  • Exxon's awareness in the 1970s, using the same climate models that their propagandists were attacking to plan future drilling in the Arctic