Does ExxonMobil Really Support a Carbon Tax?

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson (center) and Vice President of Public Affairs Kenneth Cohen (right) claim their company has supported a carbon tax since 2009. Before Kenneth Cohen retired from his post earlier this year as ExxonMobil's longstanding vice president of public and government affairs, he published a blog reasserting the company's support for a revenue-neutral carbon tax. Cohen's December 2 column was part of a broader public relations campaign to deflect allegations that ExxonMobil had ...