In 1981, 12-year-old Laura Shaw won her seventh-grade science fair at the Solomon Schechter Day School in Cranford, N.J. with a project on the greenhouse … Exxon Believed Deep Dive Into Climate Research Would Protect Its BusinessRead more
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Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago
At a meeting in Exxon Corporation’s headquarters, a senior company scientist named James F. Black addressed an audience of powerful oilmen. Speaking without a text … Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades AgoRead more
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Exxon Confirmed Global Warming Consensus in 1982 with In-House Climate Models
Steve Knisely was an intern at Exxon Research and Engineering in the summer of 1979 when a vice president asked him to analyze how global … Exxon Confirmed Global Warming Consensus in 1982 with In-House Climate ModelsRead more
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No auto shut-off valve on oil line
The pipeline that leaked thousands of gallons of oil on the California coast was the only pipe of its kind in the county not required … No auto shut-off valve on oil lineRead more
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Exxon Knew Climate Change Would Melt Arctic as Early as 1980s
A new investigation has revealed more information about Exxon’s decades-long bid to conceal what it knew about global warming. The Los Angeles Times reports Exxon … Exxon Knew Climate Change Would Melt Arctic as Early as 1980sRead more
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Norway to double carbon tax on oil industry
Norway is to double carbon tax on its North Sea oil industry and set up a £1bn fund to help combat the damaging impacts of … Norway to double carbon tax on oil industryRead more
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Thirty Million Gallons Under the Sea
One morning in March of last year, I set out from Gulfport, Mississippi, on a three-week mission aboard the U.S. Navy research vessel Atlantis. The … Thirty Million Gallons Under the SeaRead more
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The Real Story Behind the Oil Price Collapse
Many reasons have been provided for the dramatic plunge in the price of oil to about $60 per barrel (nearly half of what it was … The Real Story Behind the Oil Price CollapseRead more
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God in Alaska
President Obama will deliver a speech at the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience, or GLACIER, to address the … God in AlaskaRead more
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Shell abandoned its Arctic drilling plans
The Arctic drilling season has come to an end, and with it, Shell’s hopes of striking oil in the Chukchi Sea. Royal Dutch Shell announced … Shell abandoned its Arctic drilling plansRead more