Tag: Rex Tillerson
As New York takes Exxon to court, Big Oil’s strategy against...
“Through the 2000s and 2010s, ExxonMobil used proxies, employed other indirect means, and itself continued to make statements that cast doubt on the role of fossil fuels in causing climate change.”
The trials and tribulations of Rex Tillerson
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.” —William Shakespeare
Memo to Tillerson about the moron
If you really did want to serve the best interests of this nation, there’s an option you might want to consider.
Exxon fined $2M for ‘reckless disregard’ of sanctions during Tillerson era
When secretary of state was CEO of ExxonMobil, says Treasury, the oil giant showed a "reckless disregard" for sanctions
The Tillerson-Trump rumble over Qatar shows White House divisions
The U.S. has two foreign policies: that of the former Exxon-Mobil CEO, an old Middle East hand, and that of a Queens real estate shyster and foreign policy neophyte.
Tillerson present as Exxon signed major deal with Saudi Arabia during...
“The President's Saudi trip was a bizarre Art of the Deal-esque foreign policy disaster."
Testing Republican values
Progress towards the individual security of Americans and towards coordinated global achievement must continue.
State Department rewrites climate change web page
Secretary of State Tillerson has maintained that he believes climate science is "not conclusive" so the changes aren't altogether surprising.
Rex Tillerson backs aggressive policy in disputed South China Sea as...
Will Tillerson see the world through “oil-coated glasses”?
POPULAR
Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
The environmental and social impacts of fish farming and industrial aquaculture
Often promoted as sustainable, fish farming can increase pressure on wild fisheries, deepen global food inequities, and damage marine ecosystems.