Introduction
Today’s column addresses the fourth and final focus area for my critique of ExxonMobil’s actions in regard to the transition away from policies that reinforce global warming, climate change, and in support of primary reliance on clean energy technologies in an environmentally-friendly energy mix. Fortunately, a recently published study, conducted for Carbon Brief, provides an excellent template for this critique. The study focuses on measuring the performance gap between rhetoric and pledges made by the four leading oil majors over the past decade or so, in support of the global energy transition and the resulting need for urgent concrete actions.
The details on the study are: 1] Titled, Oil Majors “not walking the talk”; 2] Prepared by Carbon Brief, UK, NGO; lead author, Josh Gabbatiss; 3] Published in February 2022 in PLOS ONE, a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary science and society Journal. The four oil majors surveyed are ExxonMobil and Chevron [USA]; British Petroleum [UK]; and Shell [Europe].