The Exxon Valdez oil spill 20 years on

Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/CBSNewsOnline; 02-02-09 It is 20 years ago today that the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska when en route from Valdez, Alaska to Los Angeles, California. The ship was travelling outside normal shipping lanes at the time in an attempt to avoid ice. Six hours after grounding, [...]

Time up for Tillerson?

Image source: exxonmobil.com The Rockefeller family are taking on Rex Tillerson the Chair and Chief Executive of Exxon-Mobil. It was John D. Rockefeller who started it all with Standard Oil, and now his descendants are campaigning for a new strategic focus on renewable energy. Exxon has the reputation for being unapologetically ungreen, and has only [...]

The worm has turned

Image source: seppo.net Long viewed as the dirtiest and dastardliest corporation on earth by the environmental movement, Exxon is a company that has made a virtue out of not caring a damn about its social and environmental responsibility. Its stance, in simple terms, has always been if we are making mega-profits and and we have [...]