restless's review
4.0
This nine-part Pulitzer Prize finalist series by Inside Climate News describes how Exxon conducted cutting-edge climate research in the late 1970s and later pivoted to the forefront of climate denial, manufacturing doubt about the scientific consensus that its own scientists had confirmed.
It is a meticulously researched story, told through a series of stand-alone articles. Corroborating evidence (e.g. emails, reports, transcripts) is also included.
That said, perhaps unfairly, the stand-alone nature of these essays means that there is a lot of repetition in this book. Given the medium at hand (a book) I would have appreciated a rerendering of this research as a single, long-form read.
It is a meticulously researched story, told through a series of stand-alone articles. Corroborating evidence (e.g. emails, reports, transcripts) is also included.
That said, perhaps unfairly, the stand-alone nature of these essays means that there is a lot of repetition in this book. Given the medium at hand (a book) I would have appreciated a rerendering of this research as a single, long-form read.
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