Why Exxon Is Attacking The Media Over Climate Change Research

Oil field (Image: Flickr user johnny choura, used under CC license)

Beginning in the 1970s, Exxon conducted research that confirmed the occurrence of climate change, and that the burning of fossil fuels is a major contributor to it. But–at the direction of then-CEO Lee Raymond–the company kept the research quiet. Then it spent the better part of two decades funding groups that denied the science of climate… …read more