"Leading Fossil Fuel Companies Fail Climate Responsibility Test"

"A comprehensive study by a science advocacy group gives poor grades in corporate responsibility to eight top producers. Exxon and coal firms ranked at the bottom."

"A methodical review of the world's dominant fossil fuel producers has documented their poor performance—in some cases, egregious failure— in taking responsibility for their emissions of greenhouse gases and moving effectively to confront climate change.

'None of them has made a clean break from disinformation on climate science and policy,' said a study by the Union of Concerned Scientists, published by four of its senior climate experts last week.

'None of the eight companies has laid out a company-wide pathway or plan to align its business model with the Paris Climate Agreement.'"

John H. Cushman Jr. reports for InsideClimate News October 13, 2016.