ExxonMobil and American Geophysical Union

The document details a campaign by scientists and lawmakers to pressure the American Geophysical Union (AGU) to end its sponsorship relationship with ExxonMobil, which provided over $620,000 between 2001 and 2015. While AGU initially refused to cut ties in April 2016, citing an inability to unequivocally determine current misinformation, ExxonMobil was absent from the 2016 fall meeting sponsor list. The text notes that AGU continues to accept funding from other fossil fuel companies, such as Chevron.

• ExxonMobil provided more than $620,000 in sponsorship for the American Geophysical Union's annual meeting between 2001 and 2015, including a $35,000 contribution for a student breakfast in 2015.
• Critics, including over 100 AGU member scientists and over 50,000 petition signatories, argued that ExxonMobil's sponsorship allowed the company to use AGU's credibility to legitimize climate misinformation, violating AGU's policy against funding from partners that disseminate scientific misinformation.
• Despite an initial decision in April 2016 by AGU President Margaret Leinen to maintain the relationship, ExxonMobil did not appear on the sponsor list for the 2016 fall meeting for the first time in 15 years, though AGU still accepts sponsorship from other fossil fuel companies like Chevron.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2017). ExxonMobil and American Geophysical Union. https://www.ucs.org/resources/case-exxonmobil-and-american-geophysical-union

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. ExxonMobil and American Geophysical Union. 2017. https://www.ucs.org/resources/case-exxonmobil-and-american-geophysical-union.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2017exxonmobil, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{ExxonMobil and American Geophysical Union}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2017}, month = oct, url = {https://www.ucs.org/resources/case-exxonmobil-and-american-geophysical-union}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }