ExxonKnews
September 14, 2023
New Wall Street Journal reporting has unearthed additional proof of Exxon’s longstanding efforts to undermine climate science in order to continue profiting from oil and gas for as long as humanly possible.
The documents shed light on how Exxon’s board members and executives worked to promote scientific uncertainty — all while the oil giant promised to stop funding climate denial and turn over a new leaf. The revelations, published this morning, include internal documents from the era of former CEO Rex Tillerson, who publicly claimed to support climate policies like the Paris Agreement while he and other executives worked behind the scenes to undermine them.
