“The substantial body of literature documenting the history of climate lobbying and propaganda by fossil fuel interests has been described as a “vast blind spot” of major climate assessments […]. Yet bringing quantitative techniques from the physical sciences to bear […] has enabled us to conclude with precision that, decades ago, ExxonMobil understood as much about climate change as did academic and government scientists.”

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