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" Exxon : "
by Neela Banerjee, John H. Cushman Jr., David Hasemyer, and Lisa Song.
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852628
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Banerjee, Neela
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Exxon : : the road not taken /\ by Neela Banerjee, John H. Cushman Jr., David Hasemyer, and Lisa Song.
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[Brooklyn, New York?] :: InsideClimate News,, [2015]
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, ©2015
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i, 82 pages ;; 23 cm
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1518718671
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: 9781518718670
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Exxon's own research confirmed fossil fuels' role in global warming decades ago -- Exxon believed deep dive into climate research would protect its business -- Exxon confirmed global warming consensus in 1982 with in-house climate models -- Exxon's business ambition collided with climate change under a distant sea -- Highlighting the allure of synfuels, Exxon played down the climate risks -- Exxon sowed doubt about climate science for decades by stressing uncertainty -- Exxon made deep cuts in climate research budget in the 1980s -- More Exxon documents show how much it knew about climate 35 years ago -- Exxon's oil industry peers knew about climate dangers in the 1970s, too -- Appendix I. List of documents [available for download] -- Appendix II. Characters [Exxon executives and others] -- Appendix III. Related stories -- Appendix IV. Frontline videos.
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Relying on primary sources dating back to the 1970s, describes how Exxon conducted cutting-edge climate research and then, without revealing what it had learned, worked at the forefront of climate-change denial, manufacturing doubt about the scientific consensus that its own research had confirmed--Adapted from publisher's description.
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Exxon Mobil Corporation.
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Exxon Mobil Corporation.
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Climatic changes-- Economic aspects-- Research.
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Climatic changes-- Research-- History.
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Energy industries-- Public relations.
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Petroleum industry and trade-- Public relations.
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Science and industry-- United States.
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Social responsibility of business.
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Climatic changes-- Research.
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Petroleum industry and trade-- Public relations.
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Science and industry.
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Social responsibility of business.
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United States.
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363.738/74/072
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QC981.8.C5E99 2015
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AACfid
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Cushman, John H.,Jr.
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Hasemyer, David
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Song, Lisa
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