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Former Exxon CEO Lee Raymond Quits JPMorgan Board

Former Exxon CEO Lee Raymond Quits JPMorgan Board

Lee Raymond, former ExxonMobil CEO, will resign from the JPMorgan board of directors at the end of the year. Raymond was elected earlier this year to continue serving as the board’s independent director through May 2021, a role he has held for the past seven years on a board on which he sat for one-third […]

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    Shell’s Latest Annual Report: More Greenwashing?

    Shell’s Latest Annual Report: More Greenwashing?

    By Dana Drugmand Two years after internal documents surfaced showing that Royal Dutch Shell, like ExxonMobil, knew about climate dangers decades ago, the oil giant released its latest annual report outlining its business strategy and approach to addressing climate change. Despite clear warnings from scientists, global health experts and even central banks of impending climate-driven […]

    Exxon Now Wants to Write the Rules for Regulating Methane Emissions

    Exxon Now Wants to Write the Rules for Regulating Methane Emissions

    By Justin Mikulka ExxonMobil is a company capable of contradictions. It has been lobbying against government efforts to address climate change while running ads touting its own efforts to do so. And while the oil giant has been responsible for massive methane releases, Exxon has now proposed a new regulatory framework for cutting emissions of […]

    Canadian Town Evacuated After Another Oil Train Derails and Burns

    Canadian Town Evacuated After Another Oil Train Derails and Burns

    By Justin Mikulka Early in the morning of Feb. 6, an oil train derailed and caught fire near Guernsey, Saskatchewan, resulting in the Canadian village’s evacuation. This is the second oil train to derail and burn near Guernsey, following one in December that resulted in a fire and oil spill of 400,000 gallons. https://twitter.com/gqinsk/statuses/1225492433120759811 According […]

    ExxonMobil on Trial Over Climate ‘Lies’

    ExxonMobil on Trial Over Climate ‘Lies’

    By Sabrina Kessler Far-reaching allegations about how a climate-sinning American multinational could shamelessly lie to the public about its wrongdoing mobilized a small group of New York students on a cold November morning. They stood in front of New York’s Supreme Court last week to follow the unprecedented lawsuit against ExxonMobil. The case is not […]

    Massachusetts Sues ExxonMobil For Climate Disinformation, Greenwashing

    Massachusetts Sues ExxonMobil For Climate Disinformation, Greenwashing

    By Brendan DeMelle Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil Thursday over the company’s misinformation campaign to delay action to address climate change. Attorney General Maura Healey told reporters in a press conference Thursday that “Exxon has fought us every step of the way,” and was “completely uncooperative,” noting that the company failed to comply with […]

    Why Is ExxonMobil Still Funding Climate Science Denier Groups?

    Why Is ExxonMobil Still Funding Climate Science Denier Groups?

    By Elliott Negin A decade after pledging to end its support for climate science deniers, ExxonMobil gave $1.5 million last year to 11 think tanks and lobby groups that reject established climate science and openly oppose the oil and gas giant’s professed climate policy preferences, according to the company’s annual charitable giving report released this […]