The fossil fuel giant spent nearly $2 million on more than a dozen climate denier and obstructionist groups last year. By Elliott Negin / AlterNet July 14, 2016 ExxonMobil officials may hem and haw when reporters ask them if the company still funds climate science denier organizations, but the numbers don’t lie.
The company says it acknowledges the reality of global warming and claims it supports a carbon tax, but its recently disclosed list of 2015 “public information and policy research” grantees shows it spent nearly $2 million last year on more than a dozen think tanks, advocacy groups and associations that dispute climate science and disparage renewable energy.
Source: ExxonMobil Still Funding Climate Science Denier Groups | Alternet