Chelsea Edwards
Ellen Gibson
Back at the front, guys in penguin suits who'd snuck inside the building hours before tried to storm the ceremony, but were carried out by the security detail pretty swiftly. Around 40 people then lined a security barrier, shouting at attendees one by one as they headed inside for their dinner."The call for divestment from fossil fuels is a misguided diversion from the search for solutions to the dual challenge of meeting economic needs while managing the risks of climate change. It also threatens the humanitarian imperative of increasing access to affordable energy worldwide. The risk of climate change is clear and warrants action. ExxonMobil is taking action by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in our operations, helping consumers reduce their emissions, supporting research, and participating in constructive dialogue on policy options.
"We have the same concerns as people everywhere—and that is how to provide the world with the energy it needs while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Energy is essential to life, and responsibly developing the world's energy endowment is crucial to alleviating poverty, raising living standards, creating economic opportunity, and enabling progress for billions of people around the world."
