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Exxon Mobil Hurts Its Green Image

Posted on December 7th, 2009 11:32am by Jason Heid
Filed under Business, Environment

Back in August, Forbes declared Irving-based Exxon Mobil its “Green Company of the Year.” Now a year-end report from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shows that the oil giant is having some trouble keeping its own backyard clean. It’s the third most-fined organization ($1.1 million, for 23 actions) in the state for 2009.

Exxon Mobil’s Baytown refinery, the largest in the nation, got the company’s biggest fine — about $500,000. It included 23 offenses, including a 17½-hour release that included 5 tons of sulfur dioxide, a half-ton of ammonia, more than 130 tons of carbon monoxide and 900 pounds of hydrogen cyanide.

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One Comment to “Exxon Mobil Hurts Its Green Image”
  • FortWorthGuy @ December 7th, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    $500,000 a year…wow! At that rate they will go busted in 6,756 years.

    And yes, I know who H L Hunt is.

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