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March 14, 2017

Former Exxon CEO Tillerson Used Alias to Discuss Climate Change
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In climate news, New York prosecutors said Monday that former Exxon
Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson used a separate email address and an alias when
discussing climate change. The disclosure came in court documents filed
by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as part of a criminal
probe into charges Exxon knew that fossil fuels cause global warming as
early as the 1970s, but hid that information from the public. Tillerson,
who retired from Exxon shortly before becoming President Trump's
secretary of state, used the alias "Wayne Tracker" on a separate email
account when discussing global warming between 2008 and 2015. Exxon now
faces questions about whether it complied with a subpoena requiring it
turn over all records relevant to Schneiderman's investigation.


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