In 1997, almost two decades after it began studying climate change, it quashed its research, claiming that climate science was “far from clear” and thus that it did not “support mandated cuts in energy use.”
Oltre a infossare i propri risultati, la ExxonMobil (ed i suoi pari) ha fondato e promosso la cosiddetta scienza spazzatura, attaccando gli scienziati che mettevano in guardia rispetto all’imminente disastro climatico.