Veille 2.1

An alternate timeline that ends with a Nobel prize for Exxon’s CEO.

The oil giant Exxon privately “predicted global warming correctly and skilfully” only to then spend decades publicly rubbishing such science in order to protect its core business, new research has found.

Herrington, a Dutch sustainability researcher and adviser to the Club of Rome, has made headlines in recent days after she authored a report that appeared to show a controversial 1970s study predicting the collapse of civilization was – apparently – right on time. Coming amid a cascade of alarming environmental events, Herrington’s work predicted the collapse could come around 2040 if current trends held.

À la fin des années 1960, tandis que la question écologique s'affirme, les techniques pénètrent de plus en plus dans le champ de la critique sociale et politique. Alors que les oppositions aux grands…