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Scientists’ Report Documents ExxonMobil’s Tobacco-like Disinformation Campaign on Global Warming Science. It’s the 2nd biggest product Exxon/Mobil and their pals in the oil, coal and gas industries pump out. Uncertainty. And yes every single person in that movement is a hapless dupe. So that refinery much go.
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