In his remarks, Gore praised InsideClimate News and cited the L.A. Times and the Columbia School of
Journalism for their investigative reporting that, after independent
investigations, reached similar conclusions
about Exxon's role in climate research and its attempts to undermine the consensus on climate science.
The Soon
investigation, then, may have been a lost opportunity for some great science
journalism, and a chance to rehash what the science community knows (and doesn't)
about climate change.