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Imperial Oil Report: Some Questions About the Arctic Gas Pipeline

Summary This document from Imperial Oil Ltd, the Canadian subsidiary of Exxon, is a response to potential questions regarding the Arctic gas pipeline. This document is part of the ClimateFiles Imperial Oil document set, gleaned by DeSmog researchers from the Glenbow Imperial Oil Archive Collection. The report, which is from the late 1970s or early […]

Imperial Oil Glossary of Environmental Terms

Summary This undated document from Imperial Oil Ltd, the Canadian subsidiary of Exxon, is a “Glossary of some environmental and related terms.” This document is part of the ClimateFiles Imperial Oil document set, gleaned by DeSmog researchers from the Glenbow Imperial Oil Archive Collection. The glossary includes definitions for “environment” and “pollution,” and also quantifies […]

1970 Imperial Oil Report: Today’s Climate of Canadian Concern About Pollution

Summary This October 1970 document from Imperial Oil Ltd, the Canadian subsidiary of Exxon, is an analysis of “Today’s climate of Canadian concern about pollution and its actionable significance in response to Standard’s ‘F-310’ and to ‘lead free gas,’” conducted by the research group Albert Shepard Associates. This document is part of the ClimateFiles Imperial […]

1967 Imperial Oil Air/Water Pollution in Canada: a Public Relations Assessment

Summary This 1967 document from Imperial Oil Ltd, the Canadian subsidiary of Exxon, is a “Public Relations Assessment for Imperial Oil Limited” concerning “Air/Water Pollution in Canada.” This document is part of the ClimateFiles Imperial Oil document set, gleaned by DeSmog researchers from the Glenbow Imperial Oil Archive Collection. The report includes sections on “Public […]

1970 Imperial Oil report, “Pollution Is Everybody’s Business”

Summary Details found in a 1970 report, “Pollution Is Everybody’s Business,” authored by H.R. Holland, a Chemical Engineer responsible for environmental protection in Imperial Oil’s engineering division, suggests Exxon was aware as early as the late 1960s that global emissions of CO2 from combustion was a chief pollution concern affecting global ecology. Holland wrote: “Since pollution means disaster to […]

1953 Esso Standard Oil Central Refinery Loss Committee Meeting Minutes

Summary The 1953 Esso Standard Oil (Exxon) Central Refinery Loss Committee Meeting Minutes provided an update on the company’s Subcommittee for Fundamental Research on Air and Water Pollution Abatement. The subcommittee was created to for the purpose of developing a program for researching air and water pollution, with the goal of reducing “losses” from pollution, […]