Even as Exxon Mobil made public statements contradicting its own scientists, they forecasted warming with precision equal to or better than government and academic scientists, a new study says.
, several years ago reported that “Exxon knew” about the science of climate change since about 1977 all while publicly casting doubt. What the new study does is detail how accurate Exxon funded research was. From 63% to 83% of those projections fit strict standards for accuracy and generally predicted correctly that the globe would warm about .36 degrees a decade.
Exxon’s understanding of climate science developed along with the broader scientific community, and its four decades of research in climate science resulted in more than 150 papers, including 50 peer-reviewed publications, said company spokesman Todd Spitler. Similar lawsuits from New York to California have claimed that Exxon and other oil and gas companies launched public relations campaigns to stir doubts about climate change. In one, then-Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said Exxon’s public relations efforts were"reminiscent of the tobacco industry’s long denial campaign about the dangerous effects of cigarettes.”
University of Illinois atmospheric scientist professor emeritus Donald Wuebbles told The Associated Press that in the 1980s he worked with Exxon-funded scientists and wasn’t surprised by what the company knew or the models. It’s what science and people who examined the issue knew. Cornell University climate scientist Natalie Mahowald asked: “How many thousands of lives have been lost or adversely impacted by Exxon Mobil’s deliberate campaign to obscure the science?”
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