Crooks and Liars » ExxonMobil Paid For Propaganda to Discredit Global Warming

Crooks and Liars » ExxonMobil Paid For Propaganda to Discredit Global Warming: "ExxonMobil Corp. gave $16 million to 43 ideological groups between 1998 and 2005 in a coordinated effort to mislead the public by discrediting the science behind global warming, the Union of Concerned Scientists asserted Wednesday.

The report by the science-based nonprofit advocacy group mirrors similar claims by Britain's leading scientific academy. Last September, The Royal Society wrote the oil company asking it to halt support for groups that 'misrepresented the science of climate change.'"
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