Exxon pays 16 mil to lie about global warming
Group: ExxonMobil paid to mislead public
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.”
A press release by the UCS lists multiple charges against ExxonMobil as outlined in its extensive report. It accuses the oil giant of, among other things:
Raising doubts about “indisputable” scientific evidence;
Funding various “front organizations” to give the impression of a “tight-knit group of vocal climate change contrarians”;
Using its ties to the White House to “block federal policies and shape government communications on global warming.”</i>
Nice to see what these slimeballs are spending their tax breaks on.
