Critiques 2 & 3 – ExxonMobil in the Courts of Law and Public Opinion

Introduction

Today’s column addresses the second and third focus areas of my present critique of ExxonMobil. These are: 1) its deceitful actions [being adjudicated in the Courts of Law]; and 2) disinformation and framed narratives on global warming climate change, and denial of energy transition [before the Court of Public Opinion].

But as indicated last week, I start today’s column with two wrap up comments; one briefly illustrating ExxonMobil’s recent significant oil spills, and the other expanding also briefly on my reference to moral hazard and insurance in the concluding paragraph of last week’s column. The latter is a topic of intense current public discourse.