Even Exxon Wants Trump To Stick With Paris Climate Accord

The very fact that Exxon so strongly endorses the international agreement points to its weaknesses

teleSUR
By teleSUR
Exxon Mobil's Billings Refinery in Billings, Mont. (AP/Matthew Brown)

When President Donald J. Trump announced Tuesday that he was walking back on a key plank of the U.S. plan to live up to the Paris Climate Agreement, many were angry but few were surprised. The surprise came on Wednesday as it emerged that Trump’s decision to roll back the Clean Power Plan — which makes it “virtually impossible for the U.S.

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New Documents Reveal Exxon’s Lobbying Efforts To Stop The Electric Car

The news comes after a Koch Industries-backed campaign to rebrand fossil fuels – called Fueling U.S.Forward – was recently launched to undermine clean energy innovations including electric vehicles

Energydesk
By Energydesk
Drivers fill up at an Exxon gas station, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005, in Richardson, Texas.(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Exxon is lobbying the UK government to stop them pushing for electric vehicles as a way of tackling climate change or air pollution, according to documents obtained under Freedom of Information rules (FOI) by DeSmog UK. The documents reveal the firm lobbied UK transport department officials in three separate presentations given after the UK

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Exxon And The Koch Family Have Powered The Climate-Denial Machine For Decades

New research shows that Exxon and the Koch brothers and other entities like them form the heart of the American climate denial machine.

Slate
By Slate
David Koch, Executive Vice President of Koch Industries, Inc., attends The Economic Club of New York

Right now, nearly every leader of nearly every country in the world is gathered in Paris for perhaps the most ambitious and meaningful negotiations humanity has ever undertaken. But if you haven’t heard much about it, you’re not alone. Summing up the climate change conference’s first day for the New Republic, Jonathan Katz was understandably

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Indonesians May Finally See Their Day In Court Against Exxon Mobil

A case on Exxon Mobil’s alleged human rights abuses in Indonesia can proceed in a U.S. court, but only if it can be proven that the decision-making process that led to those abuses unfolded on U.S. soil.

Carey L. Biron
By Carey L. Biron
MEN BURN SIGN

WASHINGTON --- Two court cases stemming from longstanding human rights abuse allegations against Exxon Mobil Corp. operations in Indonesia are again going forward, following a federal judge’s decision here that supporters call a “huge victory.” Rights advocates say the news is being welcomed by the plaintiffs and others in the Indonesian

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Exxon Begins Drilling Russia’s Pristine Arctic Waters

Despite U.S. sanctions, drilling marks business-as-usual for international oil giant.

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley

Despite increasing western sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, Exxon Mobil has begun drilling their first well in Russia's pristine Arctic territory on Saturday. "Today, commercial success is driven by efficient international cooperation," Reutersreported Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying on a video conference with Glenn

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BP, Exxon Mobil Still Lining Up To Work With Russia

Despite U.S. and EU sanctions placed on Russia in response to the crisis in Ukraine, Western oil giants are inking deals with Russia’s state-owned oil corporation.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
Vladimir Putin, Igor Sechin

In a move that has drawn criticism from the White House and the international community, Exxon Mobil Corp. and BP -- two of the world’s largest petroleum companies -- have separately signed agreements to strengthen their ties with Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil company. Both agreements were made despite the American and European sanctions

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