New York, New Year, Old Times

Reaching way back into last year's story archives (*See Arctic Melt), here's something from good old Mother Jones :

Does ExxonMobil Pay the New York Times a Premium to Run Ads Next to Global Warming Stories?

So I've noticed this is a pattern with ExxonMobil, which seems to always just happen to run a corporate responsibility ad next to NYT op-eds and stories that have to do with global warming. So is the NYT ad sales staff selling against this content? Does ExxonMobil have a standing request to place ads next to global warming content? Or is it all a coincidence?

Not likely if the Union of Concerned Scientists is to be believed.