Internal Documents Exxon Knew — And Modeled It Accurately

A 2023 peer-reviewed review found that the warming projections made by ExxonMobil's own scientists between 1977 and 2003 had accurately projected and skillfully modeled global warming from fossil fuel burning. A 1982 internal report predicted almost exactly the warming since observed. The company then spent decades funding efforts to undermine the public's understanding of that same science.