PR Plan for Exxon’s CO2 Research (1980)
Exxon officials proposed a publicity campaign to burnish the company’s image as a climate science leader.
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Exxon officials proposed a publicity campaign to burnish the company’s image as a climate science leader.
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An Exxon researcher played a role as a Congressionally mandated commission examined policy options.
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Exxon’s top lobbyist urged the White House to replace holdovers from the Clinton-Gore administration, accusing them of political bias.
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Exxon’s leading climate scientist worked to overhaul the Bush-Cheney administration’s climate research strategy, focusing on uncertainty. The document was originally released to Greenpeace under the Freedom of Information Act.
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In 2002, Michael MacCracken, the government’s top climate scientist, wrote ExxonMobil’s board chairman a scathing letter about the company’s stance on climate science.
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James McCarthy, a Harvard scientist, board member of the Union of Concerned Scientists and president-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, testified in 2007 about Exxon’s campaign of uncertainty at a congressional hearing.
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Ken Cohen, head of public and government affairs at Exxon, defended the company’s record on climate change.
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Bob Ward, the Royal Society’s communications director, complained that Exxon was distorting the science of climate change.
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Excerpts from a document that includes information on how Corporate Research interacts with the rest of Exxon. Includes data on CO2 and Natuna.
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Exxon Corporate Research investigates bubbling CO2 from the Natuna gas field into the ocean to prevent its release into the atmosphere.
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A background paper on the Natuna gas field’s environmental issues.
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After examining a colleague’s estimates of the CO2 that might be released from the Natuna gas field, Gervasi, the Natuna project manager, produced “more rigorous” calculations of the project’s CO2 footprint.
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Alvin M. Natkin, Exxon’s manager of environmental affairs, says the CO2 must be disposed of in a way that wins the approval of environmental groups.
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Presentation by Andrew Callegari on Exxon modeling results that reject Reginald Newell’s conclusions.
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Exxon’s Roger Cohen says the impacts of rising CO2 will likely be catastrophic.
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Exxon’s Roger Cohen says there’s a “consensus” that a doubling of atmospheric CO2 concentrations will result in an average global temperature increase of roughly 3C.
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Exxon intern Steve Knisely’s report on how global warming might affect future fuel use.
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Presentation by Exxon scientist Andrew Callegari on Exxon’s climate modeling research.
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