Exxon's predictions about the climate crisis may have increased its legal peril

[Uncle Joe]

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A research paper published last week found that from the 1970s onwards, Exxon climate scientists “correctly and skillfully” predicted climbing global temperatures, rising by around 0.2C a decade due to the burning of fossil fuels, often matching or surpassing the accuracy of projections by independent outside scientists.

Geoffrey Supran, lead author of the new study, which was gleaned from a trove of internal documents and published scientific papers, said it was “breathtaking” to see Exxon’s projections line up so closely with what subsequently happened.

Despite this knowledge, Exxon executives spent several decades downplaying or denying the climate impact of its business practices, helping stymie action to curb the use of fossil fuels and prevent dangerous global heating. As recently as 2013, Rex Tillerson, then chief executive of Exxon, said climate models were “not competent” and “not that good”.

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“It was never in question to us that human activity was causing the climate to change. It’s really reprehensible that they had this knowledge and then said: ‘We have no need to change course at all.’ I find it immoral for them to say that there was uncertainty. It’s beyond the pale. I can’t reconcile myself with it, other than they just didn’t care.”

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/19/exxon-climate-crisis-lawsuits-documents

As an aside, does anyone believe the corporate media with all their investigative resources couldn't or didn't know any better in parroting Exxon's bs through out the 80's, 90's and even early 2000s?

Perhaps all those expensive T.V. fossil fuel commercials had influence, sort of like the tobacco industry before and Big Pharma's commercials pushing prescription drugs today.

[CrispyQ]

1. Legal peril.

We're standing on an ecological brink & the oil companies might experience some legal peril. Jeez.

The people of Earth should own the oil companies & the media companies, too, who lie to us.
The people of Earth being the enlightened ones who realize we sink or swim together, not the greedy fucks who try to get as much as they can for themselves as the ship goes down.

[Magoo48]

2. All oil companies should be nationalized until such time it is determined how much they owe

we the people for 50 years of lies about their toxic products and the damage they’ve done to our collective health and environment.

[republianmushroom]

3. good

[czarjak]

4. Profits.