Exxon: the road not taken
Exxon's own research confirmed fossil fuels' role in global warming decades ago -- Exxon believed deep dive into climate research would protect its business -- Exxon confirmed global warming consensus in 1982 with in-house climate models -- Exxon's business ambition collided with climate change under a distant sea -- Highlighting the allure of synfuels, Exxon played down the climate risks -- Exxon sowed doubt about climate science for decades by stressing uncertainty -- Exxon made deep cuts in climate research budget in the 1980s -- More Exxon documents show how much it knew about climate 35 years ago -- Exxon's oil industry peers knew about climate dangers in the 1970s, too -- Appendix I. List of documents [available for download] -- Appendix II. Characters [Exxon executives and others] -- Appendix III. Related stories -- Appendix IV. Frontline videos