Journal Constitution: Beginning in the mid to late 1970s and continuing for more than a decade, a team of top scientists employed by Exxon investigated the question of man-made climate change and reached the following conclusions:
The burning of fossil fuels was leading to a buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere;
The buildup of CO2 would act as a blanket and inevitably lead to a warmer planet;
The effects of that warming could be catastrophic, and could be prevented only by a swift move away from fossil...