How Exxon Tried to Undermine Climate Change Science - Slashdot

New revelations are based on previously unreported documents subpoenaed by New York's attorney general as part of an investigation into the company announced in 2015 .

Documents could bolster legal efforts to hold oil companies accountable for their alleged attempts to sow doubt about climate science.

In 2008 , Exxon pledged to stop funding climate-denier groups, but that very same year, company leadership said it would support the company in directing a scientist to help the nation's top oil and gas lobbying group write a paper about the "uncertainty" of measuring greenhouse gas emissions.

Last year , Exxon said it plans to spend about $17 billion on "lower emission initiatives" through 2027 . That represents, at most, 17% of the total capital investments the company plans to make during that period. Exxon recently said it is buying a company called Denbury that specializes in capturing carbon dioxide emissions and injecting them into oil wells to boost production. It's also planning to build a hydrogen plant and a facility to capture and store carbon emissions in Texas ..