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Published: Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Exxon climate collage. Credits: Claudine Hellmuth/E&E News (illustration); The Rockefeller Archive Center (photo & Standard Oil); Defendant of Exxon Mobile Corp (text); Francis Chung/E&E News (Exxon sign) Exxon Mobil Corp. officials blame the heirs of its founder, John D. Rockefeller, of funding a string of climate lawsuits against the oil company. Claudine Hellmuth/E&E News (illustration); The Rockefeller Archive Center (photo and Standard Oil); Defendant of Exxon Mobil Corp (text); Francis Chung/E&E News (Exxon sign)
Exxon Mobil Corp. has a strategy for firing back at supporters of climate change litigation against the oil giant: Blame the Rockefellers.