Exxon deliberately misled public on climate science, say researchers

Study of company documents, peer-reviewed papers and newspaper ads claims to show how the oil giant tried to cast doubt on climate scienceExxonMobil has knowingly misled the public for decades about the danger climate change poses to a warming world and the oil giant's long-term viability, according to a peer-reviewed study.An analysis of nearly 200 documents spanning decades found that four-fifths of scientific studies and internal memos acknowledged global warming was real and caused by humans. Continue reading...