Newly-revealed documents show that Exxon plans to expand fracking and increase its annual carbon dioxide emissions to a projected 143 million tons by 2025 — as much as the annual output of some small nations.
A new analysis by Bloomberg of previously-confidential documents reveals Exxon’s secret strategy to ramp up yearly emissions 17 percent in the next four years. Why is the company racing to pollute while the rest of the world is working to cut fossil fuel emissions? Profit. Corporate polluters like Exxon put their own bottom line before people and the environment.
Trump’s empty rhetoric about so-called “energy dominance” has let Exxon off the hook. The fossil fuel giant hasn’t committed to reducing oil and gas production — despite international pressure, many lawsuits and rivals committing to lower emissions.
While plans to expand fracking were secret, they’re not surprising. Exxon has constantly denied the truth about global warming, withheld information from shareholders and policymakers, and funded climate denial pseudo-science. Between 2008 and 2017 Exxon spent at least $1.4 billion on public relations and advertising firms to mislead the public and suppress climate action.
Big Oil & Gas has been getting away with ruining our environment for too long. Fracking pollutes our air and water, hurts our communities and worsens climate change. We know we need to change course and make a fast, just transition to clean, renewable energy. And that's why we are fighting to ban fracking, stop new pipelines, end the export of fossil fuels, and prevent new greenhouse gas-emitting power plants.
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