Exxon claims Royal Society letter ‘unfair’

ExxonMobil has escalated a row with the Royal Society by accusing it of “inaccurately and unfairly” depicting the world’s largest oil company as a climate change sceptic.

However, Exxon admits it is reviewing the funding of various outside groups which were accused by the Royal Society of undermining the scientific consensus on global warming.

An unprecedented letter from the UK’s premier scientific academy to Exxon was quoted in the Guardian this week, criticising it for making “inaccurate and misleading” statements on climate change.

Yesterday Exxon retaliated, saying: “The Royal Society’s letter and public statements to the media inaccurately and unfairly described our company.”

Guardian