Fairly or unfairly, the oil fiasco in the Gulf is impacting all energy companies including the big dog, ExxonMobil. While Congress and Jon Stewart have been skewering the Irving-based giant for its disaster planning, ExxonMobil has rolled out a brand-new blog to comment on the spill and other energy issues.
When the company held an event at its HQ this morning to talk about its 29th annual ExxonMobil Green Team program for students, including 50 in Dallas, I asked its Robert Lanyon whether the BP foul-up wasn’t making the idea of an ExxonMobil “environmental effort” a bit of a tougher sell this year. “This program has been successful for many years,” said Lanyard (pictured), the company’s corporate citizenship and community investments manager. “The need for [environmental experience and education for students] doesn’t go away, regardless of what else is going on” in the world.
