Royal Society Rebukes Exxon

From today's edition of the British paper The Guardian, environment section, comes this report of a rebuke to Exxon/Mobil by the Royal Society, "Britain's premier scientific academy," Royal Society Tells Exxon: Stop funding climate change denial.

Britain's leading scientists have challenged the US oil company ExxonMobil to stop funding groups that attempt to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change.

In an unprecedented step, the Royal Society, Britain's premier scientific academy, has written to the oil giant to demand that the company withdraws support for dozens of groups that have "misrepresented the science of climate change by outright denial of the evidence".

The scientists also strongly criticise the company's public statements on global warming, which they describe as "inaccurate and misleading".

The entire text of Bob Ward's (Senior Manager, Policy Communication) letter from the Royal Society is available in pdf format here, and is well worth a reading. Very nice to see the scientists (see my previous post on the UCS as well) standing up and making noise. Let's hope they will be heard above the roar of the crowd of corporate and governmental liars.

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