Former White House official takes Exxon job

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/15/cooney.exxon.ap/index.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former White House official and one-time oil industry lobbyist whose editing of government reports on climate change prompted criticism from environmentalists will join Exxon Mobil Corp., the oil company said Tuesday.

The White House announced over the weekend that Philip Cooney, chief of staff of its Council on Environmental Quality, had resigned, calling it a long-planned departure. He had been head of the climate program at the American Petroleum Institute, the trade group for large oil companies.

Cooney will join Exxon Mobil in the fall, company spokesman Russ Roberts told The Associated Press by telephone from the company's headquarters in Irving, Texas. He declined to described Cooney's job.

Cooney could not be reached through the White House for comment. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Cooney's departure was "completely unrelated" to the disclosure two days earlier that he had made changes in several government climate change reports that were issued in 2002 and 2003.

[Love Bug]

1. Usually it's the other way around, but what's the difference?

Not surprised by any of this.

[Avalux]

2. I don't know if I should laugh or cry -

what a f-ed up mess we're in - when a govt. official criminally alters info about climate changes only to be rewarded by an oil company. Long-planned departure my ass.

[wallwriter]

3. Like he wasn't already working for ExMo anyway...

[Coastie for Truth]

4. This is the APIPAC Revolving Door

That's APIPAC - American Petroleum Institute PAC - we have a petro-administration with a petro-President and a petro-Vice President and a petro-saturated White House Staff -- ever wonder why CAFE is still where it was under Carter?

[dr.zoidberg]

5. Smart man.

The job probably pays better and more than likely is less stressful.