• January 4, 2007 •
Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest manufacturer of gasoline in the world, spent $ 15.8 million since 1998 to fund groups that reject the scientific evidence of human contribution global warming, according to a report published yesterday by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Exxon gave money to 43 organizations that promote''uncertainties''about global warming to delay U.S. action to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, the report said. It also recommended advisers successfully the government of President George W. Bush, who rejected a global treaty to reduce these gases in 2001, and instead proposed voluntary cuts.
Among the largest recipients of funding from Exxon were the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which advocates limited government regulation of businesses, and the Advancement of Sound Science Coalition, a group started in 1993 by Philip Morris, Altria Group Inc. , to confuse people about the dangers of secondhand smoke, the report said.
''Exxon has funded a parallel chamber of discredited scientists to distort the debate on global warming,''he told reporters Seth Shulman, author of the report.
spokesman Exxon, Mark Boudreaux, did not immediately return a call seeking comment on the report.
The departure of Lee Raymond, who retired last year from his position as head of Exxon, has taken a softer position on global warming, the report said. Rex Tillerson, who replaced Raymond, promised to talk more openly about climate change.
Source: miami.com / mld / elnuevo /
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