Thanks to all of you who sent Arthur (Randy) Randol an email. These are now starting to bounce as he's changed his address, which means he definitely got the message.

Can't change the science? Then change the scientists

Despite ten years of effort, Esso/ExxonMobil hasn't been able to stop the world's climate scientists saying that global warming is here and is caused by the burning of oil, coal and gas. So what does Esso do next? Tries to change the scientists. First on the hit list is Dr Robert Watson, a well-respected, former NASA climate scientist who has led the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for nearly six years.

"Can Watson be replaced now at the request of the U.S.?" Arthur G. Randol III, senior environmental adviser for ExxonMobil, asked the White House in a letter leaked this week. True to form, the US government is now refusing to re-nominate Watson.

This scientist, instrumental in creating a breakthrough for governments on banning CFCs, has been outspoken on climate change. "If the world fails to seize the chance it will take centuries, perhaps millennia, for the planet to recover."

ExxonMobil says Watson has a personal agenda... but fails to mention ExxonMobil's own agenda of putting profits before the planet.

Read the ExxonMobil letter
Read the New York Times article
Read the Guardian article