Two-faced Exxon: the misinformation campaign against its own scientists | Dana Nuccitelli

100% global warming consensus in Exxon scientists' research contrasted its $31m campaign to cast doubt on that consensus

Investigative journalism by Inside Climate News (ICN) into Exxon's internal documents revealed that the company was at the forefront of climate research, warning of the dangers posed by human-caused global warming from the late-1970s to the late-1980s. As Harvard climate historian Naomi Oreskes noted,

But Exxon was sending a different message, even though its own evidence contradicted its public claim that the science was highly uncertain and no one really knew whether the climate was changing or, if it was changing, what was causing it " Journalists and scientists have identified more than 30 different organizations funded by the company that have worked to undermine the scientific message and prevent policy action to control greenhouse gas emissions.