Promise vs Reality

Documented Lies

Public commitments that were later broken, quietly abandoned, or contradicted on the record. Each entry pairs the promise — with its primary source — against the documented violations that followed.

1 documented promise
ExxonMobil Violated Catastrophic Primary evidence Climate
ExxonMobil: 'The science is uncertain' — while internal scientists confirmed warming
Said: “Currently, the scientific evidence is inconclusive as to whether human activities are having a significant effect on the global climate.”
Promised 2000-01-01 Audience: General public 2 sourced violations Most recent breach 2023-01-13
Source: Inside Climate News investigation, 16 September 2015 ↗