Exxon's Hidden Past

Energy Gang

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🗓️ 22 September 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In the mid 1970s, Exxon invested millions of dollars into sophisticated climate research and determined that greenhouse gas emissions would warm the planet to dangerous levels if left unchecked. But then something changed. In the mid 1980s and into the 90s, Exxon curtailed much of that research and started sowing doubt about the reality of the problem. By one tally, Exxon has spent $30 million supporting front groups and climate denying politicians in order to prevent action on reducing carbon emissions. Why such a dramatic reversal? In this episode, we talk with Neela Banerjee, a reporter with Inside Climate News, about a lengthy investigative series she's co-writing on Exxon's conflicted climate past. (Make sure to read part one, part two and part three of the Inside Climate News series.) Later in the show, we'll look at the good and bad pieces of California's latest climate and clean energy bill. And we'll end with a discussion of trends from Solar Power International. This podcast is sponsored by ReneSola, a Tier 1 solar cell and module manufacturer with a decade of experience in the cleantech industry. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features weekly discussions between energy futurist Jigar Shah, energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton and Greentech Media Editor Stephen Lacey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The Energy Gang is brought to you by Renna Sola America, a Tier 1 solar module producer and LED light manufacturer with a decade of experience in the clean tech industry.
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0:35.0	For the week of September 22nd, 2015,
0:40.0	this is the Energy Gang from Green Tech Media.
0:43.0	Welcome to the show, I'm your host Stephen Lacyacy a senior editor with Green Tech Media in
0:54.0	Washington DC this week inside the complex history of ExxonMobil's approach
0:59.7	to climate science we will talk with an investigative reporter about a series she co-wrote
1:04.8	on Exxon's two-faced climate stance. It is a very compelling story and we'll get the inside scoop.
1:10.7	After that, we'll discuss California's climate and clean energy bill passed earlier
1:14.1	this month. Some are celebrating, some are lamenting the outcome, we'll explain why.
1:18.8	Finally we'll end with a look at some trends from Solar Power International, the large Solar Conference
1:24.2	that Jigger and I attended last week in Anaheim, California.
1:28.0	And speaking of which, Catherine, we missed you while we were off.
1:30.6	We didn't have a show last week.
1:32.1	Did you do anything special with the additional hour you gained?
1:34.7	Yeah, well I had my own battles to fight with Congress,
1:38.9	so I was plenty busy.
1:40.8	What were those battles?
1:42.3	Well, the House Energy Bill, they were going to mark up and they pulled at the last minute because there were some provisions that a lot of people had some issue with. There's some good things in it but there were also
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