forbes.com - 8/6/2009
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There are two ways for a big oil company to go green. There is the political approach and there is the engineer's approach. ExxonMobil ( XOM - news - people ) uses both. Purely political: the grand announcement in July that ExxonMobil would put $600 million into algae farms that would turn ...
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... Seriously: ExxonMobil, “Green Company of the Year”: Forbes cheers ExxonMobil’s investments in natural gas, saying the oil giant’s $600 million algae fuel play is “purely political,” while drilling for natural gas is “the engineer’s approach” to going green. — Forbes ...
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... Approximately 85 birds, including waterfowl, hawks and owls, died after landing in oily wastewater ponds and natural gas well reserve pits at a number of Exxon's natural gas operations in Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Texas. (Oh and did I mention Exxon Mobile was voted "The Green Company of the Year" by Forbes magazine last week?) ...
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... , which was named the Green Company of the Year in this month’s issue of Forbes Magazine. The business magazine claims that ExxonMobil’s big liquified ...
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... We Really, Really Hope So
It was hard, at first, to know whether the Forbes headline was tongue-in-cheek: ExxonMobil: Green Company of the Year.
But the story seemed sincere. Exxon is finally beginning to invest in renewable alternatives, putting $600 million into algae farms that would turn sunlight into automotive fuel. And the company is putting more effort than ever into developing and distributing natural gas.
Gas (methane) is unquestionably "greener" than Exxon's conventional oil products. As Forbes says:
"Per unit of energy ...
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Retro Housewife Goes Green —
You heard me right, ExxonMobil was named Green Company of the Year by Forbes. This is due to the fact that ExxonMobil is researching algae farms, is the largest producer of natural gas, and a few other reasons. ...
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Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... Schendler: When Forbes recently headlined an issue by declaring ExxonMobil a green company because it has invested in natural gas exploration, I blew spaghetti out my nose. But on this list, there weren’t companies that jumped out at me as flagrant offenders. Some jumped out as especially deserving: these include Panasonic, Swiss Re, and Roche. ...
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