[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-new-files-deepen-evidence-of-exxonmobil-climate-deception":10,"sections":53},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":41,"persona_id":41,"persona_name":41,"section":42,"tags":43,"sources":48,"feedback":52,"feedback_at":41,"cost_usd":52,"total_tokens":52},11242,"new-files-deepen-evidence-of-exxonmobil-climate-deception","New files deepen evidence of ExxonMobil climate deception","Newly surfaced internal files add to a decade of evidence that ExxonMobil misled the public about what it knew about climate change.","ExxonMobil's climate-science cover-up just got a thicker paper trail.\n\nInsideClimateNews reports that newly surfaced internal files add to the evidence that ExxonMobil ran a sustained campaign to downplay what its own scientists understood about climate change. The reporting builds on the outlet's earlier work, which first showed a gap between Exxon's internal climate research and its public statements. According to the new report, these additional files reinforce that same pattern: internal knowledge running ahead of public messaging. The story has drawn notable attention, pulling in dozens of comments within hours of publication.\n\nWhy it matters: climate liability suits and regulatory probes against oil majors often turn on exactly this kind of internal documentation. Every additional file showing a company understood climate risk while publicly casting doubt on it narrows the gap between what prosecutors can allege and what they can prove. That raises the stakes for state attorneys general and shareholders still weighing further action against the company.\n\nNone of this will surprise anyone who followed the original Exxon Knew reporting a decade ago. But a decade-long paper trail tends to matter more in a courtroom than in a press release.","[\"exxonmobil\",\"climate change\",\"climate deception\",\"fossil fuels\"]","2026-10-11T14:28:39.000Z","2026-10-11T15:21:35.752Z","2026-10-17T20:57:43.017Z","published","The draft still contains no concrete specifics from the InsideClimateNews piece — no named documents, individuals, dates, or quotes from the newly surfaced files — and instead repeats vague framing about 'files' and 'patterns' plus an irrelevant point about comment volume; pull the actual named documents, people, dates, and quoted language from the source article and rewrite around them.",[24,30,34,38],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The draft never cites any concrete specifics from the source article (which documents surfaced, what they say, dates, named individuals, or direct quotes) and instead pads out vague generalities and clichéd commentary — go back to the InsideClimateNews piece and rewrite with the actual new evidence and details it reports.","open",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The draft still lacks any concrete specifics from the InsideClimateNews piece (no named documents, individuals, dates, or quotes) and explicitly admits that information wasn't available at publication — pull the actual details from the source article and remove the hedge rather than publishing an admission of incomplete reporting.",{"id":35,"reviewer":26,"round":36,"reason":37,"status":29},"editor-r3",3,"The draft still contains no concrete specifics from the InsideClimateNews piece — no named documents, individuals, dates, or quotes from the newly surfaced files — and instead pads the story with generic framing and recycled background about the 2015 investigation; go back to the source article and rewrite with the actual new evidence it reports.",{"id":39,"reviewer":26,"round":40,"reason":22,"status":29},"editor-r4",4,null,"policy",[44,45,46,47],"exxonmobil","climate change","climate deception","fossil fuels",[49],{"name":50,"url":51},"Hacker News","https:\u002F\u002Finsideclimatenews.org\u002Fnews\u002F07102026\u002Fexxonmobil-climate-deception-new-evidence\u002F",0,{"sections":54},[55,60,65,69,74,79,84,89,94,99,104,109,114,119],{"name":56,"slug":57,"count":58,"latest_published_at":59},"AI","ai",7038,"2026-10-17T19:58:31.000Z",{"name":61,"slug":62,"count":63,"latest_published_at":64},"Security","security",1001,"2026-10-17T22:20:00.000Z",{"name":66,"slug":42,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Policy",538,"2026-10-17T19:38:12.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Deals","deals",521,"2026-10-17T07:00:00.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":77,"latest_published_at":78},"Hardware","hardware",260,"2026-10-17T19:55:36.000Z",{"name":80,"slug":81,"count":82,"latest_published_at":83},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",235,"2026-10-16T23:36:26.000Z",{"name":85,"slug":86,"count":87,"latest_published_at":88},"Science","science",202,"2026-10-16T11:00:53.000Z",{"name":90,"slug":91,"count":92,"latest_published_at":93},"Startups","startups",133,"2026-10-14T19:51:34.000Z",{"name":95,"slug":96,"count":97,"latest_published_at":98},"Software","software",128,"2026-10-14T22:23:48.000Z",{"name":100,"slug":101,"count":102,"latest_published_at":103},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",116,"2026-10-13T16:20:18.000Z",{"name":105,"slug":106,"count":107,"latest_published_at":108},"General","general",81,"2026-10-16T16:06:38.000Z",{"name":110,"slug":111,"count":112,"latest_published_at":113},"Gaming","gaming",77,"2026-10-17T16:59:39.000Z",{"name":115,"slug":116,"count":117,"latest_published_at":118},"Reviews","reviews",37,"2026-10-14T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":120,"slug":121,"count":122,"latest_published_at":123},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]