Granddaughter of Exxon Scientist Confronts CEO over Oil Giant’s Decision to Fund Climate Lies | Democracy Now!
Granddaughter of Exxon Scientist Confronts CEO over Oil Giant’s Decision to Fund Climate Lies
NERMEEN SHAIKH:
At its annual meeting in Dallas, Texas, ExxonMobil shareholders
rejected a series of resolutions Wednesday calling for climate action,
including resolutions backed by CalPERS, the California Public
Employees’ Retirement System, as well as the New York [state]
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and the Church of England. Shareholders did
pass a measure to let minority shareholders nominate outsiders for seats
on the board, raising the possibility that a climate activist could
someday become a director at Exxon. It was the first Exxon annual
meeting since a series of revelations that for decades the company
covered up its own scientific findings linking rising carbon emissions
to dangerous climate change. At the shareholders meeting, the
granddaughter of a former Exxon scientist questioned the CEO of Exxon about the company’s record. This is part of what she said.
