From the late 1990s through the early 2000s, US oil giant Exxon spent tens of thousands of dollars funding think tanks across Latin America to promote climate skepticism. That’s according to a new investigation by the climate journalism organization DeSmog. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks to the author of the investigation, Geoff Dembicki. He’s the global managing editor of DeSmog, which co-published the findings with The Guardian.
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