Exxon the road not taken
Exxon's own research confirmed fossil fuels' role in global warming decades ago -- Exxon believed deep dive into climate research would protect its business -- Exxon confirmed global warming consensus in 1982 with in-house climate models -- Exxon's business ambition collided with clim...
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InsideClimate News
2015
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Zusammenfassung: | Exxon's own research confirmed fossil fuels' role in global warming decades ago -- Exxon believed deep dive into climate research would protect its business -- Exxon confirmed global warming consensus in 1982 with in-house climate models -- Exxon's business ambition collided with climate change under a distant sea -- Highlighting the allure of synfuels, Exxon played down the climate risks -- Exxon sowed doubt about climate science for decades by stressing uncertainty -- Exxon made deep cuts in climate research budget in the 1980s -- More Exxon documents show how much it knew about climate 35 years ago -- Exxon's oil industry peers knew about climate dangers in the 1970s, too -- Appendix I. List of documents [available for download] -- Appendix II. Characters [Exxon executives and others] -- Appendix III. Related stories -- Appendix IV. Frontline videos Relying on primary sources dating back to the 1970s, describes how Exxon conducted cutting-edge climate research and then, without revealing what it had learned, worked at the forefront of climate-change denial, manufacturing doubt about the scientific consensus that its own research had confirmed--Adapted from publisher's description |
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Beschreibung: | 82 Seiten 23 cm |
ISBN: | 9781518718670 978-1-5187-1867-0 1518718671 1-5187-1867-1 |