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British Scientists Tell Exxon To Stop Anti-Climate Change Campaign
London (AFP) Sep 20, 2006 The Royal Society, Britain's premier group of scientists, has written to the British arm of energy giant ExxonMobil, demanding the company withdraw support for groups that attempt to undermine the consensus relating to climate change, The Guardian reported on Wednesday. It is the first time the society has written to a company questioning its activities, which the Royal Society said supported groups that "misrepresented the science of climate change by outright denial of the evidence." According to the newspaper, which obtained a copy of the letter sent to Esso, Exxon's British arm, last month, the Royal Society cites its own surveys which assert that the energy company distributed 2.9 million dollars (2.3 million euros) to 39 groups that, the society alleges, misrepresent the facts of climate change. "There is not a robust scientific basis for drawing definitive and objective conclusions about the effect of human influence on future climate," the letter, written by Bob Ward of the Royal Society, read. Ward continued: "At our meeting in July ... you indicated that ExxonMobil would not be providing any further funding to these organisations. I would be grateful if you could let me know when ExxonMobil plans to carry out this pledge." The society also criticised Exxon's own stance on climate change, which asserts that "gaps in the scientific basis" make it difficult to blame climate change on human activity. In response to this, the society wrote: "These statements are not consistent with the scientific literature. It is very difficult to reconcile the misrepresentations of climate change science in these documents with ExxonMobil's claim to be an industry leader." The oil giant, The Guardian reported, confirmed receipt of the letter and refuted "any suggestion that our reports are inaccurate or misleading."
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Melting Greenland Ice Sheet Spells More Bad News On Climate Change
Paris (AFP) Sep 20, 2006The Greenland icesheet, the second largest single store of frozen freshwater in the world, is melting faster than previous estimates, according to a study that adds to grim news about global warming. In 2001, the UN's top scientific forum on global warming projected that the thick slab of ice that covers most of Greenland would melt only slightly during the 21st century. |
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