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Feb 12 2020
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Does the climate crisis threaten the end of big oil?
THE MOST EXCITING PLACE for a climate journalist right now has to be the business beat. Investors face growing pressure to stop funding the fossil-fuel industry. Climate activists have been demanding such divestment for years, but now the calls are coming from the heights of the financial community. It’s a titanic clash of economic interests, bursting with drama, substance, and consequence.
Columbia Journalism ReviewJan 11 2017
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What to watch for at Tillerson's confirmation hearing
Rex Tillerson enters his secretary of state confirmation hearing Wednesday as Donald Trump’s highest profile pick to face GOP resistance, giving the former ExxonMobil CEO little leeway for missteps if he wants to win quick confirmation.
PoliticoJan 11 2017
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Tillerson to be grilled in secretary of state confirmation hearing
Amid swirling questions about alleged meddling in U.S. politics by the Kremlin and his own business ties to Russia, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson was set to be grilled by Democrats and Republicans alike Wednesday as he seeks to be confirmed as secretary of state.
Fox News (Online News)Dec 14 2016
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Should Trump Foes See Tillerson At State As Last Straw Or First Ray Of Hope?
Several of Donald Trump's Cabinet choices have prompted controversy from the moment they were named, but the one most likely to face real Senate opposition is Rex Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobil, whom Trump wants as his secretary of state.
NPR (Online News)Dec 11 2016
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Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson emerges as State Department frontrunner
President-elect Donald Trump is zeroing in on ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of State nominee.
Tillerson had his second interview with the president-elect Saturday at Trump Tower and has emerged as the favorite in the long-running competition to lead the State Departm
USA TODAYDec 10 2019
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Exxon Wins New York Climate Change Fraud Case
A judge has handed Exxon Mobil a victory in only the second climate change lawsuit to reach trial in the United States. The decision was a blow for the New York Attorney General's Office, which brought the case.
Justice Barry Ostrager of the New York State Supreme Court said that the attorney general failed to prove that the oil giant broke the law.
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NPR (Online News)Dec 18 2016
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Romney: Trump Is Open To Alternative Views
Mitt Romney appears to have no hard feelings for being passed over as Trump’s secretary of state. Even though ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson was chosen for the position in the end, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee says that his candidacy alone proves Trump is willing to listen to alternative viewpoints.
TownhallFeb 18 2022
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Study Exposes Climate Claims by Big Oil as Corporate Propaganda
While continuing to fuel the climate emergency over the past decade, oil and gas majors relied on misleading messages rather than actually taking action to transition to clean energy, according to research released Wednesday.
The peer-reviewed study, published in the journal PLOS One, focused on two American companies, Chevron and ExxonMobil, as well as two European ones, BP and Shell—
Common DreamsOct 30 2021
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Big Oil Climate Denial Hearing Features Even More Denial
A landmark congressional hearing to probe the extent to which the oil industry misled the public about global climate change featured executives of some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies and industry trade groups further downplaying climate science.
“We know the combustion of oil and gas releases greenhouse gases,” Darren Woods, CEO of oil giant ExxonMobil, told members of
Mother JonesOct 27 2021
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Amid soaring gas prices, Democrats target oil CEOs for alleged climate lies
Gasoline prices at the pump are at the highest level since 2014, while the price for heating homes is projected to increase by double digits this winter. But House Democrats are focusing on what oil executives said decades ago about global warming.
On Thursday, CEOs of ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Shell will be on Capitol Hill to face a grilling about whether they deceived the public on
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