"We reject allegations that ExxonMobil suppressed climate change research," a spokesman said in an emailed statement.
(The site also declares that the company "unequivocally" rejects allegations that it has "suppressed climate change research").
At the time, an Exxon spokesman said: "We unequivocally reject the allegations that ExxonMobil has suppressed climate change research".
"We unequivocally reject allegations that ExxonMobil suppressed climate change research contained in media reports that are inaccurate distortions of ExxonMobil's nearly 40-year history of climate research that was conducted publicly in conjunction with the Department of Energy, academics and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change," Richard Keil, a spokesman, said in an emailed statement.
"We unequivocally reject allegations that Exxon Mobil suppressed climate change research contained in media reports," Keil said in a statement issued in response to the letters sent in October by Lieu and Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord).
"We unequivocally reject allegations that Exxon Mobil suppressed climate change research contained in media reports that are inaccurate distortions of Exxon Mobil's nearly 40-year history of climate research that was conducted publicly in conjunction with the Department of Energy, academics and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change," spokesperson Alan Jeffers said in a statement.
The Wall Street Journal's ardently right-wing editorial pages have been chock-full of stories ridiculing everything including government sponsorship of alternative energy, nutty Prius enthusiasts and scientists who allegedly suppressed climate change data that called into question their claims about global warming (a flap the WSJ dubbed "Climategate").
For his part, Kenneth P. Cohen, VP for Public Affairs at Exxon Mobil, told the Times, "We unequivocally reject the allegations that Exxon Mobil has suppressed climate-change research".
Periodically, the pair's conversation is interrupted by clips of Sanders addressing huge rallies or sternly addressing a TV interviewer about the iniquities of corporations such as ExxonMobil, denouncing them for suppressing evidence about climate change.
As the new administration's efforts to suppress climate-related information continued, some of the park's employees created an alternative Twitter profile to share climate change facts.
