Ro Khanna: 'The goal is to get [the CEOs of these major oil companies] to admit that they made mistakes in the past and commit to change going forward.'
of ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson, who went on to become Donald Trump’s secretary of state, has sort of evolved from denial of the science to insistence that we can just use technology, like geoengineering, to solve the problem. So there is an evolution there, but even now we still have aSo, that’s world-renowned climate scientist Michael Mann, who did testify. Now, I think you have announced that CEOs will testify on International Women’s Day — right? — March 8th.
Now, since we’ve started these hearings, there have been two or three new pledges by each of these companies. Here’s what’s important to keep in mind. There’s a huge, huge difference between the European companies, one of which does have a woman as, and the American companies, Exxon and Chevron. The European companies, BP and Shell, aren’t perfect, but at least they’re talking about emissions reduction for all the oil they sell.
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