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ExxonMobil Targets Journalists, Activists After Climate Change Probe [1]

"After an investigation found that ExxonMobil has been funding climate-denying organizations — despite the findings of its own scientists on climate change—the world’s fourth-largest oil company is now going after the journalists who revealed it.

Evidence that ExxonMobil has been deliberately leading a campaign of misinformation about climate change for decades began cropping up after InsideClimate News, a Pulitzer Prize-winning publication, led an investigation into the company.

Shortly after the investigation was released, Exxon released a statement denouncing the reports, saying that the they 'wrongly suggest definitive conclusions were reached decades ago by company researchers.'"

Melissa Cronin reports for Motherboard October 24, 2015. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"How Exxon Went From Leader To Skeptic on Climate Change Research" (Los Angeles Times) [3]

"Financial Fears Fueled Exxon Shift on Climate Change" (Dallas Morning News) [4]

"Cash Crunch Clouds Future for Oil Firms" (Wall Street Journal) [5]

"Exxon Mobil Fights Claims It Hid Early Climate Change Science" (FuelFix) [6]

"Exxon Mobil Asks Federal Government To Reconsider $2.6M Fine" (AP) [7]

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Source: Motherboard [2], 10/26/2015
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