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I was an Exxon-funded climate scientist

  • Written by Katharine Hayhoe, Professor and Director, Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University
imageExxon funded climate scientists while the bulk of its public-facing advertorials argued the science and cause of climate change was uncertain.AP Photo/Mark Humphrey

ExxonMobil’s deliberate attempts to sow doubt on the reality and urgency of climate change and their donations to front groups to disseminate false information about climate...

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