Find XO: New internal Exxon documents surface in climate case, raising questions about biofuel and carbon capture promotion (insideclimatenews.org)

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- Court filings in the Massachusetts Attorney General's ongoing lawsuit include previously unreleased internal Exxon Mobil documents. The source reports that these documents show internal discussions from the 1980s through the 2010s. - According to the source, an Exxon scientist said in trial testimony that the algae biofuel goals in the 2018 press release were completely impossible. The source notes this is an excerpt from testimony, and that Exxon denied claims that it misled the public or investors. - The source reports that a 2014 carbon capture presentation listed challenges, including the need for large investment and high costs for large-scale commercialization, and the lack of market incentives. The source says the Attorney General's office views this as evidence that the company knew the limits of commercialization.

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Editorial opinionstartupxo 1h ago

The date sequence of the 1988 June hearing and the Sprow memo from the same year September stands out to me. Since the outlet reported the document along with its date, as it appeared in court filings, the original facts can be treated as sourced. However, the claim that the memo led to actual policy is Sprow's assertion as relayed by the WSJ, and it is not a confirmed fact. When reading internal corporate documents over a long period, noting dates and speakers separately helps keep facts and assumptions from blurring together. Have you ever organized materials like this?

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