New claims that Exxon misled on climate change

Activists in New York supporting Schneiderman's investigation of ExxonMobil

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Comparison of internal ExxonMobil documents with company’s advertorials finds marked discrepancy on firm’s position on climate

ExxonMobil has rejected claims by two Harvard University researchers that the company misled the public over climate change. The researchers say they found ‘a discrepancy’ between what ExxonMobil’s scientists and executives discussed about climate change privately and in academic circles, and what it presented to the general public.