IRVING, TX—Saying the multinational oil and gas conglomerate had “really dodged a bullet,” ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson told reporters Wednesday how relieved he was now that it was finally too late to do anything about climate change.The 64-year-old petroleum executive, who acknowledged that throughout his career he had feared the public might take action to curb rising temperatures by imposing emissions restrictions or mandating a switch to alternative energy, said he was just happy that the window for avoiding the planet’s environmental destruction had closed, and that the entire industry was now free to carry on as usual.“I was really worried for a while there that some kind of law would be passed to stop us from releasing all those hydrocarbons into the atmosphere, but I guess not,” said Tillerson, describing how he felt as if a tremendous weight had been lifted from his shoulders now ...

BING NEWS:
  • After a long slog, climate change lawsuits will finally put Big Oil on trial
    Firefighters battle a wildfire in August 2021 near Greenwood Lake in the Superior National Forest of northeastern Minnesota. Some oil companies are set to stand trial in lawsuits brought by local and ...
    04/24/2024 - 12:02 am | View Link
  • Lawmakers hope to use this emerging climate science to charge oil companies for disasters
    A fast-emerging field of climate research is helping scientists pinpoint just how many dollars from a natural disaster can be tied to the historic emissions of individual oil companies — analysis that ...
    04/17/2024 - 10:01 pm | View Link
  • ExxonMobil and Chevron CEO pay three times higher than European peers
    Last year’s pay and renumeration packages for US oil giants ExxonMobil and Chevron have sparked a debate on the different investment and operation climates in the US and Europe. In regulatory ...
    04/12/2024 - 3:17 am | View Link
  • ExxonMobil's CEO says fighting climate change shouldn't mean getting rid of oil
    ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods thinks we focus too much on the climate change-fighting tactic of weaning ourselves off of fossil fuels. “I think one of the challenges is the way the problem has ...
    03/19/2024 - 6:35 am | View Link
  • ExxonMobil CEO reveals ‘dirty secret’ on climate change
    “Exxon knew the truth about fossil fuels and climate change for DECADES and lied ... billions of dollars selling oil and gas – and a CEO like yourself who’s making tens of millions off ...
    03/4/2024 - 11:15 am | View Link
  • More

 

Welcome to Wopular!

Welcome to Wopular

Wopular is an online newspaper rack, giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.

Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular, MWB, RottenTomatoes

Subscribe to Wopular's RSS Fan Wopular on Facebook Follow Wopular on Twitter Follow Wopular on Google Plus

MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site

More News