Introduction
Today’s column starts with a brief acknowledgement of my completion of the indicated “considered critique” of ExxonMobil’s performance in relation to global climate change and energy transition. This began on April 10, 2022. It has centred on four major areas of the company’s actions over the past decade and a half. These are: 1) its record of environmental damage caused by oil spills; 2) longstanding allegations against the company that are still being adjudicated in the Courts, in regard to the firm’s alleged deceitful behavior; 3) allegations of the firm’s subterfuge and practiced disinformation in relation to its practice in climate change and global warming denial; and 4) empirical studies that reveal significant gaps between carbon reduction pledges made by ExxonMobil and its actionable outcomes.
