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corroborate existing findings.
It is the overwhelming consensus of experts studying the history of
fossil fuel interests – such as investigative journalists, historians of
science, and social scientists – that fossil fuel companies and trade
associations, including ExxonMobil, have variously orchestrated,
funded, and perpetuated direct and indirect climate change
misinformation (see, for example, [1,3,4,44–53,70]). The historical
evidence is incontrovertible, and to my knowledge has never been
challenged by ExxonMobil.
As journalistic and academic research continues to reveal, there is also
substantial evidence that many of these companies and trade
associations – including ExxonMobil, Shell, the Global Climate
Coalition, and the American Petroleum Institute – have variously
known about the basics of climate science and its implications for
decades [3,4,47,48,69,71–74].
Put together, the evidence points to a singular conclusion: fossil fuel
companies and trade associations, including ExxonMobil, have
variously promoted disinformation about climate change so as to stifle
action by misleading the public and policymakers. As with the science
of climate change itself, the burden of proof rests with ExxonMobil
and other fossil fuel interests to disprove all supporting evidence and
lines of reasoning.
(3)
ExxonMobil continues to promote climate change misinformation.
Based on non-peer-reviewed research published by my colleagues and
I, it is my opinion that while ExxonMobil does today acknowledge the
reality of anthropogenic climate change in its public statements, it also
continues to support and perpetuate climate science misinformation
through a variety of increasingly veiled initiatives [1]. A spectrum of
evidence supports this conclusion, including: distribution of
scientifically false or misleading information by ExxonMobil itself;
membership in and/or financial support of climate-denying
organizations; donations to climate-denying politicians; and
ExxonMobil’s track record of past climate denial.
Q25: Are you ready and willing to swear this Profile and Statement under oath
before the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, if required to do
so?
A25: Yes.
02 August 2018
_________________________
GEOFFREY SUPRAN, PH.D
Signature and Date of Signing
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