1968-The Robinson Report • SRI final report to API on atmospheric pollutants of interest to the industry. • Cautioned that rising levels of CO2 would likely result in rising global temperatures and, could lead to melting ice caps, rising sea levels, warming oceans, and serious environmental damage on a global scale. • Fossil fuel burning provides the best explanation for rising CO2. • Existing science is “detailed” and seems “to adequately explain the present state of CO2 in the atmosphere.” • Most important research need-- “systems in which CO2 emissions would be brought under control.”