Exxon - big profits being misused
I mentioned recently the book “When smoke ran like water”, which describes how industry has for decades paid to discredit research which they don’t like.
The latest example of such behaviour comes from Exxon, who has been offering scientists $10 000 each if they will discredit research on climate change. Exxon is the most profitable company in the USA (over $39 billion profit in the latest fiscal reporting year). Exxon sells under the brand names “Esso” and “Mobil” in many countries, if you want to boycott their products, which is probably the only effective way to protest about their behaviour.
Update (2007-02-02):
Here’s a link to the summary of the report Exxon are trying to discredit.