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Yesterday, Unearthed, Greenpeace UK’s investigative platform, released footage of its secretly recorded interview with ExxonMobil’s top DC lobbyist, Keith McCoy. In the video McCoy (who thinks he’s being interviewed for a job) reveals what climate activists have been stating for a long time: that Exxon has no good faith interest in supporting any form of […]
Continue Reading 208 wordsDespite over four million Texans losing power during the recent deep freeze, oil refineries released an increased amount of pollution into the air. In a state that leads the nation in both power production and carbon emissions, experts say that failure to winterize power infrastructure resulted in harmful releases of toxic air pollution.
Why This Matters: Texas is the nation’s leading power producer, and to achieve this, the state has heavily deregulated not only its power grid but the fossil fuel industry as well.
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by Natasha Lasky, ODP Contributing Writer At a rally in Prescott, AZ, on Monday, President Donald Trump described a theoretical fundraising call he had with the CEO of ExxonMobil, in which he accepted a bribe from the oil giant. Trump said: “I call the head of Exxon. I don’t know, you know, ‘How are you […]
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By Amy Lupica, ODP Contributing Writer As Maui, Hawaii begins its “managed retreat” from its coastline due to sea-level rise caused by climate change, the county filed a lawsuit this week against big oil companies including ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, and ConocoPhillips to pay the costs of the move. The suit alleges that the companies knew […]
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by Natasha Lasky, ODP Contributing Writer Leaked internal documents from Exxon Mobil reveal that the corporation is planning for an increase in its annual carbon emissions by as much as the output of the entire nation of Greece. While plummeting oil prices in April drove Exxon to cut a third of its spending budget, […]
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Yesterday, presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren released a plan (!) calling for companies who have misled federal regulators to be prosecuted under a new corporate perjury law.
She also singled out Exxon as her example, tying in climate change to her signature anti-corruption platform.
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