Think Progress » Exxon Hires Ex-Official Who Doctored Global Warming Docs

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June 13, 2005: Cooney hired by ExxonMobil.

Philip A. Cooney, the White House staff member who repeatedly revised government scientific reports on global warming, will go to work for ExxonMobil in the fall, the oil company said today.

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The headlines will read that Cooney was hired by Exxon today. The reality is he never stopped working there. The taxpayers were just taking care of his salary for the last few years.

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