What does Rex Tillerson’s 41-year record at ExxonMobil reveal about how he will function as the President’s chief foreign affairs adviser?
On Monday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 11-10 to send Tillerson’s secretary of state nomination to the Senate for a full vote. During his confirmation hearings, Tillerson acknowledged “[t]he risk of climate change," but in 2008 and 2009, while CEO of ExxonMobil, the company doubled spending “to successfully thwart congressional and White House efforts to pass meaningful climate change legislation,” reports oil and energy expert Antonia Juhasz.
Guests:
Antonia Juhasz, investigative journalists and author of Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill
Web Resources:
In These Times: REX TILLERSON COULD BE AMERICA’S MOST DANGEROUS SECRETARY OF STATE
Mother Jones: Torture Allegations Shadow Rex Tillerson's Time at Exxon Mobil
Washington Post: Tillerson doesn’t deny climate change – but dodges questions about Exxon’s role in sowing doubt
The Guardian: Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says – but it funded deniers for 27 more years
Natural Resources Defense Council: Rex Tillerson’s Vague Answers on Climate & Paris Agreement
