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UNBELIEVABLE: Exxonmobil predicted climate change while downplaying risk study | History Defined

ExxonMobil publicly claimed that models used to predict climate change were too uncertain to draw conclusions despite its scientists' projections [Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters]

ExxonMobil publicly sowed doubt about climate change despite the oil giant’s own scientists accurately predicting global warming as far back as the 1970s, a new study says.

While ExxonMobil publicly claimed models used to predict climate change were too uncertain to draw conclusions, the company’s own experts made projections consistent with those of academics and governments, according to the paper published in the journal Science on Thursday.

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