Although it has the backing of the new President, ExxonMobil’ s Chair and CEO Darren Woods urges the Republican administration to not shake the boat too much by making climate policy swings.
“ The Trump administration can bring a common sense approach to the discussion, so I would encourage them to stay in the Paris Agreement,” he said following Trump’ s reelection.
Many have taken the occasion of a changing of Presidents as an opportunity to reinforce that, although fossil fuels have a part to play in the US’ energy future, continual green progress needs to be made.
“ Our nation’ s current inadequate development of domestic energy resources leaves us vulnerable to hostile foreign actors and poses an imminent and growing threat to the United States’ prosperity and national security,” Trump says in the executive order.
Wood Mackenzie’ s Ed Crooks, Vice Chair Americas and host of Energy Gang podcast says this summarises a key theme in the Trump administration’ s strategy:“ The connection between the
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