"Saying it has no evidence Exxon is currently funding climate denial efforts, the American Geophysical Union maintains its sponsorship by the oil giant."

"The American Geophysical Union announced Thursday that it will continue to accept sponsorship money from ExxonMobil. The decision came after more than 100 AGU members and other scientists sent a letter to the organization's leadership in February urging the association to stop accepting  money from the oil giant.

The letter noted that Exxon was under investigation by the New York and California attorneys general "for its long history of climate denial campaigns." Massachusetts and the U.S. Virgin Islands attorneys general have also launched investigations.

In a majority vote, AGU board members decided at a meeting last week that the organization would continue accepting money, if offered, from the oil company."

Phil McKenna and Zahra Hirji report for InsideClimate News April 15, 2016. [2]