Mayor Turner's Statement on ExxonMobil's Carbon Capture and Storage Project Subscribe Please attribute the following statement to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. Subscribe "As we celebrate Earth Day and the one-year anniversary of the Houston Climate Action Plan, I am pleased to see ExxonMobil's commitment to reducing the Houston area's industrial carbon dioxide emissions. Our Climate Action Plan is about partnership. The energy industry is a key partner. We have always said that the Climate Action Plan is not about moving Houston away from the energy industry but about moving the energy industry forward. ExxonMobil's announcement to create a carbon capture Innovation zone in the Houston area is an example of the energy industry moving forward.