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8/1/2016 Exxon Sowed Doubt about Climate Science for Decades by Stressing Uncertainty | InsideCiimate News
Exxon: Science vs. Misinformation
In the first place, there is general
scientific agreement that the
most likely manner in which
mankind is influencing the
global climate is through carbon
dioxide release from the burning
of fossil fuels."
" Currently, the scientific evidence
is inconclusive as to whether
human activities are having a
significant effect on the global
climate."
James F. Black
Exxon Senior Scientist
1978
"Present thinking holds
that man has a time window
of five to ten years before
the need for hard decisions
regarding changes in
energy strategies might
become critical. IJ
Lee Raymond
Exxon Chairman and CEO
1997
"it is highly unlikely that the
temperature in the middle of the
next century will be significantly
affected whether policies are
enacted now or 20 years
from now."
James F. Black
Exxon Senior Scientist
1978
"There is unanimous agreement
in the scientific community that a
temperature increase of this
magnitude would bring about
significant changes in the earth's
climate, including rainfall
distribution and alterations in
the biosphere."
Lee Raymond
Exxon Chairman and CEO
1997
"A major frustration to
many is the all-tooapparent
bias of IPCC to
downplay the significance
of scientific uncertainty
and gaps."
Roger Cohen
Exxon Sciences Lab Director
1982
ss It is now clear that for a number
of years, both Bush administration
political appointees and a network of
organizations funded by the world's
largest private energy company,
ExxonMobil, have sought to distort,
manipulate, and suppress climate
science, so as to confuse the
American public about the reality
and urgency of the global warming
problem, and thus forestall a strong
policy response."
Brian Flannery
Exxon Position Paper
2002
ExxonMobil has always
advocated for good
public policy that is
based on sound science.
We will continue to do
that despite criticism
from those who make
unsupported and
inaccurate claims about
our company."
Dr. James J. McCarthy
American Association for the
Advancement of Science
2007
Research by InsideCiimate News
Ken Cohen
Exxon VP of Public & Government Affairs
2015
PAUL HORN / InsideCiimate News
A1980 memo proposed an ambitious publicrelations
plan aimed at "achieving national
recognition of our CO2 Greenhouse research
program."
"It is significant to Exxon since future public
decisions aimed at controlling the build-up of
atmospheric CO2 could impose limits on fossil fuel
combustion," said the memo. "It is significant to all
humanity since, although the CO2 Greenhouse Effect
is not today widely perceived as a threat, the
popular media are giving increased attention to
doom-saying theories about dramatic climate
changes and melting polar icecaps."
Most of all, Exxon wanted a seat at the policymaking
table, and the credibility of its research had
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