新公开的埃克森美孚内部文件证实，该公司自1988年以来持续进行误导性营销宣传。11988年11月，埃克森美孚研究部员工Frank Sprow在内部备忘录中警告称："如果全球共识形成需要采取行动缓解温室气体影响，埃克森可能会遭受重大负面影响"。1随后数十年间，公司继续就新能源技术发布虚假宣传。1
埃克森美孚在2018年新闻稿中声称将"到2025年可生产每天10,000桶藻类生物燃料"，但该公司科学家在证词中称此目标"完全不可能实现"且"所有条款都明显虚假"。1一名埃克森科学家更指出该藻类研究开发实际上是"死胡同"。12021年内部演示文稿进一步显示，埃克森美孚碳捕集广告宣传的真实目的是让人们"相信埃克森美孚致力于帮助解决气候变化"。1
马萨诸塞州因此于2019年对埃克森美孚提起诉讼，指控其欺骗州内消费者和投资者。1
Newly disclosed internal documents provide evidence that ExxonMobil has conducted a sustained campaign of climate-related deception spanning since 1988 1. The materials demonstrate that company executives were aware of the potential consequences of climate action on the corporation's interests, yet proceeded with misleading public statements about alternative energy and carbon capture technologies 1.
In November 1988, Frank Sprow, an employee in ExxonMobil's research division, warned in an internal memo that "if a consensus develops that steps must be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Exxon could face significant negative impacts" 1. Despite this early awareness, the company later made public claims about its technological capabilities that company scientists privately acknowledged were unfounded. A 2018 ExxonMobil press release asserted the firm could "produce 10,000 barrels per day of algae-based biofuel by 2025," yet internal testimony from company scientists characterized this target as "completely impossible to achieve" with "all terms clearly false" 1. Scientists further described the algae research underlying such claims as a "dead end" 1.
The pattern continued with ExxonMobil's carbon capture initiatives. A 2021 internal presentation stated that the company's carbon capture advertising was designed to make people "believe ExxonMobil is committed to helping solve climate change" 1. Massachusetts filed suit against ExxonMobil in 2019, alleging the company deceived state consumers and investors 1. The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments in related litigation brought by ExxonMobil and fellow oil producer Suncor Energy seeking to block lawsuits initiated by Boulder and Boulder County 1.
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