#Exxon #climate predictions were accurate decades ago. Still it sowed doubt

by Jeff Brady, January 12, 2023

"Decades of research by scientists at Exxon accurately predicted how much #GlobalWarming would occur from burning #FossilFuels, according to a new study in the journal Science.

"The findings clash with an enormously successful campaign that Exxon spearheaded and funded for more than 30 years that cast doubt on human-driven #ClimateChange and the science underpinning it. That narrative helped delay #federal and #international action on climate change, even as the impacts of climate change worsened.

"Over the last few years, journalists and researchers revealed that Exxon did in-house research that showed it knew that human-caused climate change is real. The new study looked at Exxon's research and compared it to the warming that has actually happened.

"Researchers at Harvard University and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research analyzed Exxon's climate studies from 1977 to 2003. The researchers show the company, now called #ExxonMobil, produced climate research that was at least as accurate as work by independent academics and governments — and occasionally surpassed it.

"That's important because ExxonMobil and the broader fossil fuel industry face lawsuits nationwide claiming they #misled the public on the harmful effects of their products.

"'The bottom line is we found that they were modeling and predicting global warming with, frankly, shocking levels of skill and accuracy, especially for a company that then spent the next couple of decades denying that very climate science,' says lead author Geoffrey Supran, who now is an associate professor of environmental science and policy at the University of Miami.

"The Earth already has warmed a little more than 1 degree Celsius (about 2 degrees Fahrenheit) compared to pre-#industrial times of the late 1800s. That warming has led to #ExtremeWeather in recent years, including #Heatwaves, #droughts and #floods. The researchers found, for example, that Exxon's own modeling charted this kind of temperature increase.

"'Specifically, what we've done is to actually put a number for the first time on what Exxon knew, which is that the burning of their fossil fuel products would heat the planet by something like 0.2 [degrees] Celsius every single decade," Supran says."

Read more:
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/12/1148376084/exxon-climate-predictions-were-accurate-decades-ago-still-it-sowed-doubt

#ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateCrisis #ExxonKnew #HexonExxon #ExtremeWeather

Misled
Deceitful, thoughtless
Lies told, truth distorted
Unconscionable, meant to deceive
Partygate

#borisjohnson #ukparliament #partygate #misled #cinquain #poetry

https://abcnews.go.com/International/boris-johnson-deliberately-misled-uk-parliament-partygate-report/story?id=100099687

“We conclude that Mr #Johnson #misled the #House…. We conclude that in #deliberately misleading the House Mr Johnson committed a serious #contempt.”

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcommittees.parliament.uk%2Fpublications%2F40412%2Fdocuments%2F197199%2Fdefault%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0ZM6QLVmNhaePuAavkUo22uGBkJAd7ATb04VeinDID4pu75HyUn6mc4yw&h=AT0E185lZWPvvN7k17JDoIdVLZLX8IVW8qlJg6Vu0G8NKGIZEGR-A9fb6a1M9-G4uo4Voy57S_4t1QfULHQIjwrxwqOBPRor_B_EgmP81C43tNUUZ8s3bzNvo4VJ-FsjtXt-VnU&__tn__=H-R&c[0]=AT0058Z_SPW2ELFWmJN3Fta9hcJmP-gUrigVl6UKGU2YQ4vcEGakK1yQimzoybrvSVL5LZzzvBJOux9gtfMFwsi7NOnlgyOGYU-j_BvSNWbPAOkQmqbF6DEt8nyb_hWkvzKYUleDPuPMCAfFVK36mq0fhbc

The #timeline for #AI #malfeasance is very short: less than 2 years before many clerical jobs are replaced, and heightened (and #effective) social unrest is instigated by #badactors using #socialmedia and AI-tuned #communication. This is #exponential not #linear. People intrigued by #ChatGPT will soon be #confused, #misled and #divided by de-sandboxed AIs that know how to push your buttons based on your #tiktok, #instagram etc. #gonnabebad #verybad #pandorasbox #notatoy

@goddamn
The #timeline is very short: less than 2 years before many clerical jobs are replaced, and heightened (and effective) social unrest is instigated by #badactors using #socialmedia and AI-tuned #communication. This is #exponential not #linear. People intrigued by #ChatGPT will soon be #confused, #misled and #divided by de-sandboxed AIs. #enjoynow #gonnabebad

NGL, I had a small hope when I saw this (I thought the Venn diagram would have more overlap; it did not). #news #CW #misled

LATimes—Landmark #January6thCommittee #report concludes #Trump intentionally #misled and #provoked #insurrectionists.
The report by the #House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the #Capitol provides a road map for potential #criminal #charges against Trump.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-12-22/jan-6-committee-final-report-explained

Y'all knew Celine Dion was a bad bitch you better respect from the first time you heard #Misled!
#MuchLove #CelineDion #Dion #Goddess
https://youtu.be/c1vuzMuOF7g

#Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, declined to comment. #Apple, — declined to comment on Friday.
— #employees have #complained about sharing #dormitories with #colleagues who tested positive for #COVID. They claim they were #misled over #compensation benefits — 70 percent of global #iPhone shipments.
— pay-related “technical error” — led to #protests —
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/11/25/20000-hires-left-apple-supplier-foxconns-chinese-campus-source
#China

#International_Tech_News | #BIG_GOV | #BIG_PHARMA | #MEMORY_LANE

#SECRECY AND #SPIN?

How #Florida’s #Governor #MISLED THE #PUBLIC on the COVID-19 #pandemic

Dec 03, 2020 at 5:53 PM
A look at how #Florida Governor #Ron_DeSantis tried to spin COVID-19 narrative to #help_himself and FORMER President Donald #Trump.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214659126

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#INTERNATONAL_TECH_NEWS | #BIG_TECH | #Australian watchdog #sues #Facebook-owner #Meta over #Scam_Advertisements!

The advertisements, which endorsed investment in cryptocurrency or money-making schemes, could have #misled Facebook users into #believing they were #promoted by #famous Australians??, the #Australian_Competition & #Consumer_Commission (ACCC) said.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/australian-watchdog-sues-facebook-owner-meta-over-scam-advertisements-1.5824444

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#BIG_TECH | #Google Misled #Publishers and #Advertisers, #Unredacted #Lawsuit Alleges.

‘#untruthful’ and based in ‘#insider_information’

Google #misled publishers and advertisers for #years about the #pricing and #processes of its #ad_auctions, creating #secret_programs that #deflated_sales for some companies while #increasing_prices for #buyers, according to newly unredacted #allegations and details in a lawsuit by #state_attorneys_general.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-misled-publishers-and-advertisers-unredacted-lawsuit-alleges-11642176036

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#BIG_TECH | Ohio's largest #Public_Pension Sues #Facebook, saying the media giant #misled #investors??

"We are not people to #Mark_Zuckerberg, we are the #product and we are being #used against #each_other out of #greed."

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System, which manages $125 billion on behalf of 1.1 million..

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^^^ Musical interlude for this occasion…

#Misled by Kool and the Gang. It has a weird #rhythm but it does grow on you.

#music #koolAndTheGang

We'd like to sincerely thank a #clickBait headline that prompted us to read an article recently.

Honestly we probably would not have read it if the #headline properly described the content.

Occasional-#misleading-headline-#appreciationPost.

#bizarre #wtf #philosophy #philosophical #misled

கொரோனா தடுப்பூசியின் பாதுகாப்பு குறித்து தவறாக வழிநடத்தப்பட வேண்டாம்! மத்தியசுகாதாரத்துறை அமைச்சர்

https://www.patrikai.com/federal-health-minister-harsh-vardhan-urges-people-not-to-be-misled-by-rumors-about-the-safety-and-efficacy-of-coronavirusvaccin/ #rumors #safety #efficacy #CoronaVaccine #COVID19 @drharshvardhan@twitter.com @PMOIndia@twitter.com @BJP4India@twitter.com #misled