These figures were gathered from annual Exxon and ExxonMobil documents, including their publicly distributed “Caring Neighbors” and “Worldwide Giving” reports and Form 990 tax forms as submitted to the IRS by the ExxonMobil Foundation. The collection of these documents started in the early 2000s via the Greenpeace ExxonSecrets project. The Brown University Climate Development Lab […]
These documents were uncovered by Rebecca John as part of her investigation into the oil and gas industry’s early knowledge of climate science and its response to this knowledge. Reported with links to documents via DeSmog on January 30, 2024 and November 12, 2024 New Evidence Reveals Fossil Fuel Industry Sponsored Climate Science in 1954 […]
This collection is not yet the complete set of all the paid ads (aka Advertorials) that Mobil then ExxonMobil placed virtually every week for decades on the New York Times and Washington Post editorial pages, but this folder contains over 100 examples of environmental and specifically climate oriented ads. https://embed.documentcloud.org/projects/exxon-and-mobil-ads-9134/?embed=1 Share this post on your […]
A new collection on Climate Files of industry and government reports examining the potential for using the UK’s planned carbon capture projects to pump more North Sea oil and gas via a process known as enhanced oil recovery is published below. These documents were assembled by energy journalist Michael Buchsbaum while working on a project […]
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Summary This document was buried in our files and surfaced after we published the Global Climate Coalition archives in 2019. The BBC Radio series “How They Made Us Doubt Everything” brings it to light in Episode 5. Source Document Share this post on your feed Twitter Facebook Google+
The following is an index of recent climate lawsuits. We uploaded each complaint on DocumentCloud and added an electronic index and links to all available source documents that are referenced or footnoted in the lawsuit. Washington, DC v. ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP – June 2020 State of Minnesota v. ExxonMobil, Koch Industries, API – June […]
This collection of documents was gleaned from the Glenbow Museum’s Imperial Oil Archive, over the past several years. The original documents are now housed at the University of Calgary. This is the most comprehensive collection of these documents published on the internet to date and were collected by researchers at DeSmog. Search the entire collection […]
Summary This document contains a 2000 correspondence between Lloyd D. Keigwin, the Senior Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Peter Altman, Exxon’s National Campaign Coordinator. In the letter, Keigwin references his scientific study on ocean warming and the Sargasso Sea, which was published in Science in 1996. Keigwin asserts that Exxon misrepresented data contained therein, […]
Summary An article marking a shift in the chemical and petroleum industry’s acknowledgement of global climate change and its relationship to carbon emissions. The article demonstrates the voluntary measures adopted by industry to mitigate losses on internal rates of return due to carbon-based expenses. Specifically, DuPont stated its intent to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds by 2010 […]