Exxon just pulled the rug out from under you. They claim they have known that fossil fuel use leads to global warming for close to 40 years. They see a melting Arctic being a good thing because the have drilling rights up there. This was on NPR this morning. It's a good listen. Transcript is not currently available.
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Apparently the come clean posture has been caused by some investigative journalism at Columbia University School of Journalism. Excerpts from the Columbia University article Exxon doesn't like.
In 1989, Exxon scientists and managers began briefing employees at all levels of the company on the policy implications of climate change.
LeVine made his presentation to the Exxon board as part of that effort, describing the known science and outlining the company’s position.
Other documents in the archives indicate Exxon scientists had been researching the topic for more than a decade — outfitting an oil tanker with carbon dioxide detectors and analyzers and building models to project how a doubling of the gas in the atmosphere would affect global temperatures.
“Data confirm that greenhouse gases are increasing in the atmosphere,” LeVine told the board, according to a copy of his presentation in the Exxon Mobil archive. “Fossil fuels contribute most of the CO2.”
http://graphics.latimes.com/exxon-research/
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One of the first areas the company looked at was how the Beaufort Sea could respond to a doubling of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which the models predicted would happen by 2050.
Greenhouse gases are rising “due to the burning of fossil fuels,” Croasdale told an audience of engineers at a conference in 1991. “Nobody disputes this fact,” he said, nor did anyone doubt those levels would double by the middle of the 21st century.
Using the models and data from a climate change report issued by Environment Canada, Canada’s environmental agency, the team concluded that the Beaufort Sea’s open water season — when drilling and exploration occurred — would lengthen from two months to three and possibly five months. http://graphics.latimes.com/exxon-arctic/
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Apparently the come clean posture has been caused by some investigative journalism at Columbia University School of Journalism. Excerpts from the Columbia University article Exxon doesn't like.
In 1989, Exxon scientists and managers began briefing employees at all levels of the company on the policy implications of climate change.
LeVine made his presentation to the Exxon board as part of that effort, describing the known science and outlining the company’s position.
Other documents in the archives indicate Exxon scientists had been researching the topic for more than a decade — outfitting an oil tanker with carbon dioxide detectors and analyzers and building models to project how a doubling of the gas in the atmosphere would affect global temperatures.
“Data confirm that greenhouse gases are increasing in the atmosphere,” LeVine told the board, according to a copy of his presentation in the Exxon Mobil archive. “Fossil fuels contribute most of the CO2.”
http://graphics.latimes.com/exxon-research/
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One of the first areas the company looked at was how the Beaufort Sea could respond to a doubling of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which the models predicted would happen by 2050.
Greenhouse gases are rising “due to the burning of fossil fuels,” Croasdale told an audience of engineers at a conference in 1991. “Nobody disputes this fact,” he said, nor did anyone doubt those levels would double by the middle of the 21st century.
Using the models and data from a climate change report issued by Environment Canada, Canada’s environmental agency, the team concluded that the Beaufort Sea’s open water season — when drilling and exploration occurred — would lengthen from two months to three and possibly five months. http://graphics.latimes.com/exxon-arctic/
