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Exxon: The Road Not Taken

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

Top executives were warned of possible catastrophe from greenhouse effect, then led efforts to block solutions.

By Neela Banerjee, Lisa Song and David Hasemyer

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

Exxon’s Accountants Are Experts in Climate Risk. What Did They Tell Exxon?

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Suit Alleges Exxon Neglects Climate Risks at Mass. Oil Terminal

By David Hasemyer

The Syncrude extraction facility in Alberta is one of Exxon's tar sands projects

Exxon's Big Bet on Oil Sands a Heavy Weight To Carry

By Nicholas Kusnetz

SEC Involvement Sharpens #ExxonKnew Focus on What Its Accountants Knew

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Exxon dropped its suit against the Virgin Islands attorney general

Virgin Islands and Exxon Agree to Uneasy Truce Over Climate Probe

By Phil McKenna

DNC Platform Draft Calls for Justice Dept. to Investigate Fossil Fuel Companies

By John H. Cushman Jr.

For Virgin Islands, Being on the Frontlines of Climate Impacts Is Grounds for a Lawsuit

By Phil McKenna

For Oil Industry, Clean Air Fight Was Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change Denial

By David Hasemyer, Neela Banerjee, Lisa Song

The ExxonMobil shareholders meeting had unprecedented discussion of climate issues

Exxon Rebuffs Shareholder Requests to Address Climate Change

By Phil McKenna

Rep. Lamar Smith led a group of Congressmen complaining about investigations of Exxon

Group of House Republicans Assail Climate Fraud Investigations

By Zahra Hirji

Mobil's Chief Executive Warned of CO2 From Oil Sands Fuels in 1982

By Lisa Song

Activists Step Up Long-Running Campaign to Hold Oil Industry Accountable for Climate Damages

By Phil McKenna

White House Correspondents' Association Honors ICN's #ExxonKnew With Poe Award

By ICN Staff

InsideClimate News Wins SPJ Award for #ExxonKnew Infographics

By ICN Staff

A team of state attorneys general are teaming up to support climate action

Exxon and Its Allies Invoke First Amendment to Fight Climate Fraud Probes

By Neela Banerjee

InsideClimate News was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist

InsideClimate News Is a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Exxon Investigation

By ICN Staff

Exxon chief executive Rex Tillerson is leading a fight against subpoenas in climate investigations

Exxon Fights Subpoena in Widening Climate Probe

By David Hasemyer, Bob Simison

CO2's Role in Global Warming Has Been on the Oil Industry's Radar Since the 1960s

By David Hasemyer, John H. Cushman Jr., Neela Banerjee, and Lisa Song

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