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Exxon Mobil shareholders successfully demand climate policy accountability

Environment

Even as the US pulls back from leadership on climate change, corporate shareholders are beginning to demand more information from large companies about their plans for a low-carbon future.

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Tillerson hedges on climate science, but supports Paris agreement

Environment
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The SEC is investigating how ExxonMobil values its fossil fuel holdings

Justice
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Exxon helped pioneer climate science — then disavowed its own research. Was it a crime?

Environment

ExxonMobil and Chad’s Authoritarian Regime: An ‘Unholy Bargain’

Global Politics

Exxon Speaks

Exxon Vice President for Safety and Environment explains why the company claims that Alaska’s Prince William Sound is “essentially” recovered. The company says some species have rebounded and others are on the road to recovery. Exxon also explains why it is appealing the $5 billion punitive award a jury has ordered the company to pay […]

The World

Old Oil Still Haunts: Exxon Valdez Revisited

Nearly ten years after one of the worst oil spills in history, new research shows that oil still hidden in beach gravel and sediment may still be affecting the health of the environment.

Lessons learned from Exxon Valdez and Three Mile Island

Decades later the spill in Alaska and the meltdown in Pennsylvania still color both policy and debate over energy and the environment.

The World

Another day of Oil in Washington

Global Politics

The Takeaway’s Todd Zwillich was on the scene of the BP hearing to witness all of the theatrics. He says the hearing served as a venting session for public anger, as well as possibly the beginning of a new push for climate change legislation.

The World

The Dow Climbs?What’s Next?

Business, Economics and Jobs

The stock market will be tested by the biggest batch of second quarter corporate profit reports. The Takeaway talks to Peter Morici, an economist and Business Professor at the University of Maryland, to discuss how the market is likely to fare.