Expect Oceans Of Greenwash From New ExxonMobil CEO - NYT

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If Rex W. Tillerson has his way, Exxon Mobil will no longer be the oil company that environmentalists love to hate. Since taking over as Exxon's chairman three months ago from Lee R. Raymond, his abrasive predecessor who dismissed fears of global warming and branded environmental activists "extremists," Mr. Tillerson has gone out of his way to soften Exxon's public stance on climate change.

"We recognize that climate change is a serious issue," Mr. Tillerson said during a 50-minute interview last week, pointing to a recent company report that acknowledged the link between the consumption of fossil fuels and rising global temperatures. "We recognize that greenhouse gas emissions are one of the factors affecting climate change."

But despite the shift in style to a less adversarial tone, the substance of Exxon's position has not changed with the new chairman. The company said the recent report only clarified its long-held position on global warming. Indeed, Mr. Tillerson noted that he, like Mr. Raymond before him, remained convinced that there was "still significant uncertainty around all of the factors that affect climate change." To Fadel Gheit, a longtime industry analyst at Oppenheimer & Company in New York, Mr. Tillerson certainly presents a kinder, gentler face for Exxon. But in the end, Mr. Gheit cautioned, do not expect much difference between Mr. Tillerson and Mr. Raymond.

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The answer to today's high prices? "More supplies." President Bush's reference to America's "addiction to oil"? "An unfortunate choice of words." Exxon's role in society? "A good business, and what we do brings good things to people."

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/30/business/30exxon.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Well whoop-dee-fucking-doo.

[ClintonTyree]

1. Same bullshit, different package.

So the Chairman of Exxon, "recognizes that climate change is a serious issue". And then they'll completely ignore the "serious issue" as always. The only way Big Oil could redeem themselves in my book is to give all of their profits away from now on. And not to Republican lawmakers, either. Give it to environmental groups, the poor and to every person they've been screwing in the ass for the last 80 years. ONLY THEN......... MAYBE, would I'd think better of them. Not until.

[JohnWxy]

2. They have a nice advertizement out now claiming they are interested in

alternative fuels. (yeah, probably hydrogen produced from (drum roll)))))) OIL!

I call our foreign policy in the Mid-East the Exxon-Mobil plan.