1978

James Black recaps his 1977 presentation to the Exxon Corporate Management Board on the Greenhouse Effect. Link

1981

1981. Memo from Exxon’s Roger Cohen to Exxon’s Werner Glass. Link

1981

1981. An internal report measuring the success of Mobil's advertorial campaign in shifting the NYT's coverage of enegy & the environment. Link

1988

1988. Fires engulf Yellowstone as James Hansen tells Congress climate change is here. Link

1991

1991. ICE campaign aims to turn public away from acting on climate change. Link

1996

1996. Global Climate Coalition debunks contrarian theories in draft report. Link

1998

1998. API "Victory memo" published on the front page of The New York Times. Link

1999

1999. Shell TINA report predicts potential class action suits for inaction on climate. Link

2004

2004. Connecticut v. AEP case, first public nuisance case about climate change. Link

2008

2008. Refugees from the village of Kivalina sue ExxonMobil for public nuisance related to climate change. Link

2013

2013. Richard Heede publishes the first Carbon Majors report. Link