ExxonMobil says Climate Research Stories Inaccurate and Deliberately Misleading
22 Octobre 2015 - 1:04AM
Business Wire
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) said today that media and
environmental activists’ allegations about the company’s climate
research are inaccurate and deliberately misleading.
“For nearly 40 years we have supported development of climate
science in partnership with governments and academic institutions,
and did and continue to do that work in an open and transparent
way,” said Ken Cohen, vice president of public and government
affairs.
“Activists deliberately cherry-picked statements attributed to
various company employees to wrongly suggest definitive conclusions
were reached decades ago by company researchers. These activists
took those statements out of context and ignored other readily
available statements demonstrating that our researchers recognized
the developing nature of climate science at the time which, in
fact, mirrored global understanding.”
The allegations were contained in reports distributed by
InsideClimate News, an anti-oil and gas activist organization, and
the Los Angeles Times, and have prompted political attacks by
Senators Bernie Sanders and Sheldon Whitehouse and Representatives
Ted Lieu and Mark DeSaulnier.
Both InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times ignored
evidence provided by the company of continuous and publicly
available climate research that refutes their claims.
“The facts are that we identified the potential risks of climate
change and have taken the issue very seriously,” said Cohen. “We
embarked on decades of research in collaboration with many parties,
including the Department of Energy, leading academic institutions
such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford
University and others to advance climate science.”
ExxonMobil scientists continue to research and publish findings
to improve understanding of climate system science as a basis for
society’s response to climate change and have produced more than 50
peer-reviewed publications on topics including the global carbon
cycle, detection and attribution of climate change, low carbon
technologies and analysis of future scenarios for energy and
climate.
ExxonMobil scientists have been selected by the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations’ most
authoritative body on the subject, as authors of their past four
major assessment reports, and have contributed to National Research
Council boards and committees on climate change.
“We recognize that our past participation in broad coalitions
that opposed ineffective climate policies subjects us to criticism
by climate activist groups,” said Cohen. “We will continue to
advocate for policies that reduce emissions while enabling economic
growth.”
Since 2009, the company has supported a revenue-neutral carbon
tax as the preferred policy approach for emission reduction because
it ensures a uniform and predictable cost of carbon, allows market
prices to drive solutions, maximizes transparency to stakeholders,
reduces administrative complexity, promotes global participation,
and is easily adjusted to future developments in climate science
and policy impacts.
ExxonMobil joined other companies to provide initial and ongoing
funding to create and support the MIT Joint Program on Climate
Science and Policy and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy
Project, which has engaged scores of researchers, faculty and
students and has resulted in hundreds of scientific publications on
climate change and low carbon technologies.
The company has an active research program into lower-carbon
emission technologies, such as algae and cellulosic-based biofuels,
carbon capture and storage and advanced engines to name a few.
More information on ExxonMobil’s climate research can be found
on ExxonMobil’s corporate blog, Perspectives at
www.exxonmobilperspectives.com.
About ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil, the largest publicly traded international oil and
gas company, uses technology and innovation to help meet the
world’s growing energy needs. ExxonMobil holds an industry-leading
inventory of resources and is one of the world’s largest integrated
refiners, marketers of petroleum products and chemical
manufacturers. For more information, visit www.exxonmobil.com or
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