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Month: January 2023

Exxon accurately predicted global warming from 1970s — but continued to cast doubt on climate science, new report finds

By Laura Paddison, CNN ExxonMobil’s own scientists accurately predicted future global warming in reports dating back to the late 1970s and early 1980s, despite the company publicly continuing for years to cast doubt on climate science and lobby against climate action, according to a new analysis. Researchers examined climate projections produced between 1977 and 2003

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California storms ‘significantly reduced’ drought intensity, yet still more rain is needed

By Rachel Ramirez and Brandon Miller, CNN For three years, California has been in desperate need of rain. Years of unfavorable precipitation trends and more intense heat waves have fed directly to the state’s unrelenting, historic drought that has triggered dire water shortages. But the past several weeks of rain and snow have “significantly reduced”

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