The Rise and Fall of ExxonMobil

As it was cutting funding for climate science research, Exxon began to wage an information war on climate science. The oil industry banded together with other industries that might also be impacted by the regulation of carbon emissions. By the early 1990s they were drafting comprehensive social influence campaigns. It's showing up at obscure city council meetings and planting the right people at the right dinner parties - more spycraft than lobbying or PR.