Internal files add to evidence of an ExxonMobil climate deception campaign

Ars Technica reports that that June, the NASA climatologist James Hansen testified to Congress that the climate was warming and would continue to do so as long as humans pumped fossil fuel pollution into the atmosphere.

If there was a year the world began waking up to climate change, it might have been 1988. Months later, the United Nations established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

This environment story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include ExxonMobil, NASA and James Hansen.

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Location

United States · Americas

Reported by

Ars Technica

First reported

8 Oct 2026, 19:34 IST

Key names

ExxonMobil, NASA, James Hansen, Congress

Section

Environment

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