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Exxon own scientists confirmed truth about climate change
2015-10-19 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
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...
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Exxon climate change denial warrants federal inquiry, congressmen say
2015-10-17 00:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Members of Congress have asked for a federal investigation into whether ExxonMobil broke the law by intentionally obscuring the truth about climate change. The two members of Congress wrote to Loretta Lynch, the attorney general, on Wednesday, saying they were concerned by the results of two separate investigations by Inside Climate News and the Los Angeles Times, which found that ExxonMobil scientists confirmed fossil fuels were causing climate change decades ago, but publicly embarked on a campaign...
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Alaska, feds won't purse $92M in additional damages stemming from '89 Exxon Valdez oil spill
2015-10-15 03:55:52| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The state and federal governments have decided not to pursue $92 million in additional damages from Exxon Mobil Corp., citing the recovery of ducks and sea otters in Alaska's Prince William Sound following a devastating oil spill more than two decades ago. Assistant Attorney General Kaci Schroeder informed legislators of the decision Wednesday in an email, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press.
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State, feds won't pursue $92M more in '89 Exxon Valdez spill
2015-10-15 03:25:08| Energy - Topix.net
The state and federal governments have decided not to pursue $92 million in additional damages from Exxon Mobil Corp., citing the recovery of ducks and sea otters in Alaska's Prince William Sound following a devastating oil spill more than two decades ago. Assistant Attorney General Kaci Schroeder informed legislators of the decision Wednesday in an email, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press.
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What Exxon knew about climate change, and when it knew it
2015-10-12 18:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSNBC: Its been well established over many years that Exxon is one of the worlds leading voices when it comes to denying the evidence of climate change. Whats new, however, are reports that the oil giant has quietly operated for decades on the assumption that the scientific evidence is real. The L.A. Times had a fascinating piece on this yesterday, which deserves to have an impact on the broader policy discussion. [In 1990] in the far northern regions of Canadas Arctic frontier, researchers...
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