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Exxon announced record earnings. It's bound to renew scrutiny of Big Oil

Gas prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2022. ExxonMobil posted record earnings in 2022, benefitting from a surge in oil prices. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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Business

Exxon announced record earnings. It's bound to renew scrutiny of Big Oil

Exxon earned nearly $56 billion in profit last year, the biggest annual profit any Western oil company has ever seen. Chevron set its own record with $35 billion in profit.

Exxon announced record earnings. It's bound to renew scrutiny of Big Oil

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Thursday

Exxon climate predictions were accurate decades ago. Still it sowed doubt

Climate activists protest on the first day of the ExxonMobil trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on Oct. 22, 2019, in New York City. ExxonMobil was found not guilty of misleading investors about how climate change would affect its finances. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Climate

Exxon climate predictions were accurate decades ago. Still it sowed doubt

Exxon's climate research decades back painted an accurate picture of global warming, according to a new scientific paper. Still, the oil company continued climate-denying policy efforts.

Exxon climate predictions were accurate decades ago. Still it sowed doubt

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Friday

Two Sides Of Guyana: A Green Champion And An Oil Producer

Sea levels in Guyana are rising several times faster than the global average. High tides sometimes spill over the seawall that is meant to protect the coastline. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption

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Short Wave

Two Sides Of Guyana: A Green Champion And An Oil Producer

For Guyana the potential wealth from oil development was irresistible — even as the country faces rising seas. Today on the show, Emily Kwong talks to reporter Camila Domonoske about her trip to Guyana and how it's grappling with its role as a victim of climate change while it moves forward with drilling more oil.

Two Sides Of Guyana: A Green Champion And An Oil Producer

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Wednesday

A Tiny Fund Has Scored A Historic Win Against ExxonMobil Over The Future Of Oil

Pictured are pumps at an Exxon gas station in Charlotte, N.C. A tiny fund got two board members elected to the oil giant's board, delivering a historic defeat to ExxonMobil. Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Business

A Tiny Fund Has Scored A Historic Win Against ExxonMobil Over The Future Of Oil

A brand-new hedge fund wants ExxonMobil to take climate change more seriously. And despite Exxon's intense opposition, it managed to fill at least two seats on the oil giant's board of directors.

A Tiny Fund Has Scored A Historic Win Against ExxonMobil Over The Future Of Oil

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Tuesday

Exxon Writes Off Record Amount From Value of Assets Amid Energy Market Downturn

An Exxon station in Hicksville, N.Y., in March. Exxon Mobil Corp. announced up to $20 billion in write-downs of natural gas assets, the biggest such action ever by the company. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images hide caption

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Business

Exxon Writes Off Record Amount From Value of Assets Amid Energy Market Downturn

Exxon, which usually avoids writing down assets, has announced its largest-ever impairment after canceling plans for natural gas projects in the Americas.

Exxon Writes Off Record Amount From Value of Assets Amid Energy Market Downturn

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Tuesday

Exxon Mobil Exits: The Dow Drops Its Oldest Member

Exxon joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1928, as Standard Oil, one of companies descended from John D. Rockefeller's world-transforming oil monopoly. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images hide caption

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Business

Exxon Mobil Exits: The Dow Drops Its Oldest Member

Apple's stock split is the cause of the shake-up at the Dow Jones Industrial Average. But the symbolic shift also represents how Exxon, once a corporate titan, has diminished in stature.

Tuesday

Exxon Is On Trial, Accused Of Misleading Investors About Risks Of Climate Change

New York's attorney general is suing Exxon Mobil, accusing the company of defrauding shareholders. Above, an Exxon refinery in St. Bernard Parish, La., is seen in 2015. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption

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Law

Exxon Is On Trial, Accused Of Misleading Investors About Risks Of Climate Change

New York's attorney general argues that Exxon used shady methods of calculating carbon costs, affecting its share price and defrauding shareholders. Exxon says the lawsuit is politically motivated.

Exxon Is On Trial, Accused Of Misleading Investors About Risks Of Climate Change

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