Exxon minimized climate change internally after conceding that fossil fuels cause it
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that as recently as 2016, Exxon executives were privately pushing back on the idea that humans need to cut their use of oil and gas to limit global warming.
Executives at ExxonMobil continued in recent years to raise doubts internally about the dangers of climate change and the need to cut back on oil and gas use, even though the company had previously conceded publicly that burning fossil fuels contributes to global warming, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
The effort to minimize concerns about climate change under former chief executive Rex Tillerson, who reported. The newspaper cited internal company documents that were part of a New York state lawsuit and interviews with former executives.
