Inside Exxon’s Strategy to Downplay Climate Change

“Exxon Mobil issued its first public statement that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change in 2006, following years of denial,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Yet behind closed doors, Exxon took a very different tack: Its executives strategized over how to diminish concerns about warming temperatures, and they sought to muddle scientific findings that might hurt its oil-and-gas business, according to internal Exxon documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and interviews with former executives.”