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Exxon Mobil's about-face on climate disclosure

  • Written by Paul Griffin, Distinguished Professor of Management, University of California, Davis
imageProtesters have sought for years to force Exxon Mobil to disclose the risks it faces due to climate change and to do more to minimize them. AP Photo/LM Otero

Exxon Mobil Corp. has vowed to do a better job in disclosing the risks it faces from climate change starting “in the near future” after bucking pressure to do that for years.

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