Exxon Meets Green Groups as Climate Focus Surges

We can hardly believe it! Exxon Mobil Corp., a longtime opponent of mandatory regulations to combat climate change, met with U.S. environmental groups last month to discuss how the oil behemoth might respond to global warming.

This move was the latest hint that the world's biggest public company could be open to shifting its position of opposing mandatory caps on emissions of heat-trapping gases.

Exxon organized an exclusive meeting with representatives from groups, including Washington environmental research group Worldwatch Institute and New York-based the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, at meetings in Virginia to discuss climate change and human rights.

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