This undated document from Imperial Oil Ltd, the Canadian subsidiary of Exxon, is a “Glossary of some environmental and related terms.” This document is part of the ClimateFiles Imperial Oil document set, gleaned by DeSmog researchers from the Glenbow Imperial Oil Archive Collection. The glossary includes definitions for “environment” and “pollution,” and also quantifies the […]
This October 1970 document from Imperial Oil Ltd, the Canadian subsidiary of Exxon, is an analysis of “Today’s climate of Canadian concern about pollution and its actionable significance in response to Standard’s ‘F-310’ and to ‘lead free gas,’” conducted by the research group Albert Shepard Associates. This document is part of the ClimateFiles Imperial Oil […]
This 1954 document from Imperial Oil Ltd, the Canadian subsidiary of Exxon, is a speech by A.R. Murdison, presented to the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, regarding corrosion control efforts on the “Sarnia Products Pipe Line.” This document is part of the ClimateFiles Imperial Oil document set, gleaned by DeSmog researchers from the Glenbow Imperial […]
A 1967 survey conducted on behalf of the American Petroleum Institute to gauge the public’s understanding of water and air pollution and their respective attitudes toward industry accountability. The API interprets the survey to reflect that the “public at large” is unaware of what industry is doing to reduce pollution and that, as a result, […]
This document is a 1961 report by G.A. Lloyd, the coordinator of public affairs for Esso Standard of ExxonMobil titled “The Petroleum Industries’ Air Pollution Control Program.” Lloyd was also the chairman of the Information Committee of the American Petroleum Institute’s Smoke and Fumes Committee. In this piece, Lloyd details API’s air pollution research, which, […]
The 1953 Esso Standard Oil (Exxon) Central Refinery Loss Committee Meeting highlights the Subcommittee for Fundamental Research on Air and Water Pollution Abatement. The subcommittee was created to for the purpose of developing a program for researching air and water pollution. Inter-Office Correspondence within the company mentions the American Petroleum Institute Smoke and Fumes Committee doing air […]