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Greenpeace Statement On Retirement Of ExxonMobil Chairman, Lee Raymond

Greenpeace Statement On Retirement Of ExxonMobil Chairman, Lee Raymond

Published 08-04-05

Submitted by Greenpeace

Responding to the announcement of Lee Raymond's retirement as Chairman of ExxonMobil, Greenpeace issued the following statement:

"Let's face it, Raymond is a dinosaur. Raymond's Exxon is the laggard of the corporate community when it comes to the issue of global warming and it is now way behind the curve of corporate responsibility on this pressing issue.

"With Raymond's departure, we hope that Exxon will seize the opportunity to take a new stance on the urgency of global warming, accept the scientific consensus as have Shell and British Petroleum, and help lead the world to a clean energy future.

"What remains undisclosed on his official resume, is the fact that Raymond ran the anti-global warming policy efforts of the American Petroleum Institute for many years and also served on the Board of Trustees of the neo-conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). AEI is the same organization that attempted to undermine the development of the Kyoto Treaty to address global warming issues. In 2004, it claimed that the 'Kyoto treaty was doomed when Russia finally rejected it.' As we all know now, Russia ratified the treaty in February of this year.

"As the two-time chairman of the American Petroleum Institute, Raymond worked with its cronies in Congress to undermine global warming legislation and promoted the funding of front groups to do the oil industry's dirty work against the Kyoto Protocol. For more on the intersect between Raymond, ExxonMobil, corporate-funded think tanks and scientists on the issue of global warming, go to www.ExxonSecrets.org.

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