Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, Climate Archvillain, to be Named Secretary of State
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on March 27, 2015, in Washington. If it weren't real, it might read like a dark climate change comedy. President-elect Donald J Trump is expected to turn to the leader of America's largest oil company, and the main villain in a new wave of climate change activism, to lead the State Department: ExxonMobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson. Multiple news organizations reported the pick on Saturday. Tillerson has worked at Exxon for his entire career, which is important since Exxon is currently under investigation for misleading its investors and the American public about the threat of global warming since the 1970s. The investigations and environmental activism surrounding it are known by the hashtag #ExxonKnew. Attorneys general in Massachusetts, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands are leading probes into the company for working to deceive the American public and delay climate action. The climate investigations are similar to the successful p...