Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago

Exxon's Richard Werthamer (right) and Edward Garvey (left) are aboard the company's Esso Atlantic tanker working on a project to measure the carbon dioxide levels in the ocean and atmosphere. The project ran from 1979 to 1982. Credit: Courtesy of Richard Werthamer

Editor’s note: This article, originally published on September 16, 2015, was the first installment of a nine-part investigation called Exxon: The Road Not Taken, now more commonly known as #ExxonKnew, that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2016. The article, and the series, was again in the news this week, … Continue reading Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago

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