Executives privately sought to downplay link between fossil fuels and climate change despite public pronouncements, WSJ reports
ExxonMobil executives privately sought to undermine climate science even after the oil and gas giant publicly acknowledged the link between fossil fuel emissions and climate change, according to previously unreported documents revealed by the Wall Street Journal.
The new revelations are based on previously unreported documents subpoenaed by New York’s attorney general as part of an investigation into the company announced in 2015. They add to a slew of documents that record a decades-long misinformation campaign waged by Exxon, which are cited in a growing number of state and municipal lawsuits against big oil.
Many of the newly released documents date back to the 2006-16 tenure of former chief executive Rex Tillerson, who oversaw a major shift in the company’s climate messaging. In 2006, Exxon publicly accepted that the climate crisis posed risks, and it went on to support the Paris agreement. Yet behind closed doors, the company behaved differently, the documents show.
These are crimes against humanity
Why is this seen as anything less then a death sentence? Killing the earth is literally worse then killing a human.
Imagine knowingly throwing humanity under the bus to make a quick buck because you know you’ll be dead by the time the consequences come.
I don’t often find myself agreeing with cruel and unusual punishment, but if anyone deserves to suffer Hell on Earth, it’s these people. They deserve to feel the pain they’ve caused through their money-making malice.
Talking about climate change to my mother had her replying “I’ll be dead before any of that affects me”.
I never fail to remind her of that when a storm/drought/energy price hike/other climate related trouble does affect her.
Sounds like such a nice lady.
It may be true that they’ll be dead before the worst of it comes, but as you say, it’s already here. Bigger and more frequent storms; more drastic, frequent, and longer heatwaves and droughts; bigger floods; colder and colder winters. They’re all symptoms of climate change, and they aren’t going away.
It’s as though the generations after WWII forgot that they’re supposed to leave a world for the next generation to live in, not sell them out for a buck.
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The penalties for these crimes should be higher than fines. They should involve prison time at the very least, destroying our planet is not something people should get off scot-free for.
If you are willing to throw all of human civilization under the bus for profit, you should have no place in it
It’s not an exaggeration to say that millions, if not billions of people will die because of the actions of ExxonMobil. Those responsible should be prosecuted and imprisoned.
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These people are the reason tar and feather needs to make a comeback. Take their wealth and make them walk the streets naked in shame.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
They add to a slew of documents that record a decades-long misinformation campaign waged by Exxon, which are cited in a growing number of state and municipal lawsuits against big oil.
Many of the newly released documents date back to the 2006-16 tenure of former chief executive Rex Tillerson, who oversaw a major shift in the company’s climate messaging.
Tillerson also wanted to engage with the scientists “to influence [the group], in addition to gathering info”, the Exxon researcher told colleagues in a 2012 email about the findings.
After a climate science presentation to Exxon’s board of directors in April 2015, Tillerson called the 2C goal “something magical”, according to a summary of the meeting.
That December, Exxon publicly endorsed the Paris agreement; during his Senate confirmation hearing to become secretary of state in 2017 under President Trump, Tillerson maintained his support for it.
The documents could bolster legal efforts to hold oil companies accountable for their alleged attempts to sow doubt about climate science.
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