From: EcoWatch
COMMENT - And they are admitting this? Wow.
Viewers were treated to a rare moment of candor at the end of a recent PBS NewHour interview with Kenneth Cohen, ExxonMobil‘s vice president of public and government affairs.
NewsHour host Judy Woodruff pressed Cohen about an accusation New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman made during a taped interview that aired just before Cohen’s segment. Schneiderman—who had announced the week before that he was investigating ExxonMobil over whether it had misled the public and shareholders about climate change risks—had charged that ExxonMobil funds climate change denier organizations to malign mainstream climate science.
“Has Exxon been funding these organizations?” she asked.
“Well, the answer is yes,” Cohen replied. “And I will let those organizations respond for themselves.” MORE
COMMENT - And they are admitting this? Wow.
Viewers were treated to a rare moment of candor at the end of a recent PBS NewHour interview with Kenneth Cohen, ExxonMobil‘s vice president of public and government affairs.
NewsHour host Judy Woodruff pressed Cohen about an accusation New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman made during a taped interview that aired just before Cohen’s segment. Schneiderman—who had announced the week before that he was investigating ExxonMobil over whether it had misled the public and shareholders about climate change risks—had charged that ExxonMobil funds climate change denier organizations to malign mainstream climate science.
“Has Exxon been funding these organizations?” she asked.
“Well, the answer is yes,” Cohen replied. “And I will let those organizations respond for themselves.” MORE
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