"We've already reached the DANGEROUS level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere..."

"...we've reached a CRISIS."

The MAJOR OBSTACLE TO SAVING THE PLANET from its inhabitants IS NOT TECHNOLOGY, insisted Dr Hansen, named one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2006 by Time magazine.

"The PROBLEM IS THAT 90 PERCENT OF ENERGY IS FOSSIL FUELS. And that is SUCH A HUGE BUSINESS, IT HAS PERMEATED OUR GOVERNMENT..."

"The INDUSTRY IS MISLEADING THE PUBLIC AND POLICY MAKERS ABOUT THE CAUSE of climate change. And that is analogous to what the cigarette manufacturers did. They knew smoking caused cancer, but they hired scientists who said that was not the case."

"the people who need to know are ignorant of the actual status of the matter, and the GRAVITY of the matter, and most important, the URGENCY of the matter"

~Dr. James Hansen, top NASA climate scientist~



"The oil, coal, gas, and mining industries stand to lose tremendously if the truth about global warming becomes accepted by American society. As the tobacco industry invested millions in keeping its deadly secret, so also have the oil, coal, gas, and mining industries attempted to hide and discredit the link between CO2 emissions and a warming earth."

~Woods Hole Research Center, "What the Skeptics Don't Tell You"~



"Climate change is for real. We have just a small window of opportunity and it is closing rather RAPIDLY. There is not a moment to lose."

"We are RISKING THE ABILITY OF THE HUMAN RACE TO SURVIVE."

~Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)~




"Global climate change is real, humans are responsible for a substantial part of it, and it's taking us in DANGEROUS directions."

"Climate change is not a problem for our children and our grandchildren - it is a problem for us. IT'S ALREADY CAUSING HARM..."

~Dr. John Holdren, President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science~



"Despite all the talk, the situation is GETTING WORSE. Levels of greenhouse gases CONTINUE TO RISE in the atmosphere and the RATE OF THAT RISE IS ACCELERATING. We are already seeing the impacts of climate change and the scale of those impacts will also accelerate, until we DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT."

~Martin Parry, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change working group~




"A LEAKED industry memo dating back to 1998 also reveals that EXXON Mobil has been involved in a COORDINATED EFFORT TO CONFUSE THE PUBLIC around global warming science; just like the tobacco industry did around smoking."

"The strategy, identical to that of the tobacco industry and using some of the same players, declared, 'Victory will be achieved when uncertainties in climate science become part of the conventional wisdom' for ' average citizens' and 'the media. ' "

"Analysis of ExxonMobil's 2006 World Giving Report reveals that ExxonMobil is still funneling millions to dozens of organizations that deny and distort the best available science on global warming, despite company statements to the contrary."

"Discrepancies between Exxon's 2006 World Giving Report and its IRS 990 statements reveal that ExxonMobil attempted to cover up grants it specifically earmarked for climate outreach to 14 denier groups in 2005."

"Internal documents show that the company worked intimately with the White House to craft the Bush administration's global warming policies."

~exxposeexxon~




"...the BUSH ADMINISTRATION has engaged in a systematic effort to manipulate climate change science and mislead policymakers and the public about the DANGERS of global warming."

~oversight house gov~



"ExxonMobil was one of the main financial contributors to George Bush's election campaign. As soon as George Bush became president, he announced that the U.S. would pull out of international agreements to stop global warming - exactly the position that ExxonMobil was promoting."

~exxonsecrets~


"ExxonMobil has...Promoted scientific spokespeople who misrepresent peer-reviewed scientific findings or cherry-pick facts in their attempts to persuade the media and the public that there is still serious debate among scientists that burning fossil fuels has contributed to global warming
and that human-caused warming will have
serious consequences."

"...ExxonMobil has built a vast echo chamber of seemingly independent groups with the express purpose of spreading disinformation about global warming."

"A close look at the work of these organizations exposes ExxonMobil's strategy. Virtually all of them publish and publicize the work of a nearly identical group of spokespeople, INCLUDING SCIENTISTS
who misrepresent peer-reviewed climate findings and confuse the public's understanding of global warming."

~The Union of Concerned Scientists~