Exxon Mobil’s green-ish pledge

Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 10 a.m.

European oil giants are promising to move away from fossil fuels and transition into green energy companies. But that’s not a pledge America’s giants are willing to make. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre, on Exxon Mobil’s latest climate pledge, and what the company hopes to gain from a less ambitious goal. Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy. Ben Lefebvre covers energy for POLITICO. Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.