Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil CEO and Chairman. (Reuters / Kevin Lamarque)
A few weeks before the last great international climate conference—2009, in Copenhagen—the e-mail accounts of a few climate scientists were hacked and reviewed for incriminating evidence suggesting that global warming was a charade. Eight separate investigations later concluded that there was literally nothing to “Climategate,” save a few sentences taken completely out of context—but by that time, endless, breathless media accounts about the “scandal” had damaged the prospects for any progress at the conference.
See also:
- Exxon Business Ambition Collided with Climate Change Under a Distant Sea October 20, 2015
- Bill McKibben Wants Everyone to Know Why He’s So Mad at Exxon October 20, 2015
- Exxon Research — James Black, 1977 October 20, 2015
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