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Exxon sowed doubt about climate science for decades by stressing uncertainty
2015-10-23 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideCllimate: As he wrapped up nine years as the federal government's chief scientist for global warming research, Michael MacCracken lashed out at ExxonMobil for opposing the advance of climate science. His own great-grandfather, he told the Exxon board, had been John D. Rockefeller's legal counsel a century earlier. "What I rather imagine he would say is that you are on the wrong side of history, and you need to find a way to change your position," he wrote. Addressed to chairman Lee Raymond on the letterhead...
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Dallas Icons Recall Decades of Philanthropic and Civic Involvement
2015-10-14 18:46:04| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Ask community leaders Margaret McDermott and Ruth Sharp Altshuler about "the genesis of Dallas philanthropy," and they're both apt to point to the attitude of the city's citizens. Leading by example has always been the guidepost, Altshuler says.
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New York's Subway Art, Decades in the Making
2015-10-07 16:37:55| nycsubway.org upcoming events
The New York Times profiles author Philip Ashforth Coppola and his Silver Connections book series in this article, One Mans Opus to New Yorks Subway Art, Decades in the Making. Philip has been painstakingly sketching the tile artwork and other station decoration of New York's subway since 1978. I was unaware of this until now, but Philip used my photo of 18th Street on the original IRT to do the corresponding sketches, as he had never been in this abandoned station. Awesome! :-)
Former Car Dealer Who Spent Decades On The Run Pleads Guilty To $50 Million Bank Fraud
2015-10-07 07:32:48| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
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Exxon's own research confirmed fossil fuels' role in global warming decades ago
2015-09-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: At a meeting in Exxon Corporation's headquarters, a senior company scientist named James F. Black addressed an audience of powerful oilmen. Speaking without a text as he flipped through detailed slides, Black delivered a sobering message: carbon dioxide from the world's use of fossil fuels would warm the planet and could eventually endanger humanity. "In the first place, there is general scientific agreement that the most likely manner in which mankind is influencing the global climate is through...
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