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Black advises Exxon\u2019s Management Committee that CO<sub>2<\/sub> from the world\u2019s use of fossil fuels would warm the planet and could eventually endanger humanity<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>At a meeting at Exxon Corporation\u2019s headquarters, senior Exxon scientist James F.\u00a0 Black advises Exxon\u2019s Management Committee that \u201c\u2026 there is general scientific agreement that the most likely manner in which mankind is influencing the global climate is through carbon dioxide release from the burning of fossil fuels.\u201d\u00a0 In an updated report to a broader range of Exxon executives and scientists in 1978, Black states that \u201cPresent thinking holds that man has a time window of five to ten years before the need for hard decisions regarding changes in energy strategies might become critical.\u201d*<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"footnote-body\">*Neela Banerjee, Lisa Song and David Hasemyer, <em>Exxon: The Road Not Taken, <\/em>Sept. 15, 2015, Inside Climate News, <a href=\"http:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/15092015\/Exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming\">http:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/15092015\/Exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Exxon Corporation scientist James F. 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