Pollution Superstar #5: Exxon Mobil

It's probably no surprise the world's largest public oil company is on our list of Pollution Superstars. We could have given them this 'award' for denying global warming.  Or for their support for offshore oil drilling.  And who can forget the Exxon Valdez oil spill?

Although any of these actions would be cause enough to give Exxon-Mobil our Pollution Superstar award, we're giving it to them for their dogged efforts to crush Congress' efforts to deal with climate change. Exxon-Mobil is a strong opponent of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), spending $9.3 million -- more than double what the entire environmental community has spent -- on lobbying efforts to weaken the bill.  We’re working with 1Sky to make sure a strong bill passes, despite the efforts of polluting giants like Exxon-Mobil.  Click here to take action and tell Congress that we need a strong climate bill now!