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Exxon Scientists Privately Predicted Global Heating with “Breathtaking” Accuracy in the 1970s

HeadlineJan 13, 2023

A new study in the journal Science confirms Exxon was fully aware of the link between fossil fuel emissions and global heating but spent decades refuting and obscuring the science in order to make maximum profits. The report finds that Exxon — as early as the 1970s — predicted with “breathtaking” accuracy the disastrous climate path that is now wreaking havoc around the globe.

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