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Dollars into doing the same thing the tobacco industry did. they tore the pangiges right ouf the tobacco industry's book. tobacco knew cancer was killing one of every five of their customers who used their products as directed, and they succeeded in evading regulation in half a century about confusing people about science. they said we don't have to win the scientific debate. we have to cloud it. we have to confuse people. that's been exxon mobile's strategy. rex tillerson is part of that strategy. after the bp oil spill, we debarred them from having contract with the u.s. government for two y...

In 1988, they began working with the american petroleum institute, they decided to implement a propaganda campaign, they put hundreds of millions of dollars into persuading the americans -- doing the same thing the tobacco industry did. thayer ey er ttore the pages rif the tobacco industry's book. tobacco knew in 1965 that they were killing people and they used the product as directed and they succeeded in evading regulation for half a century by confusing people about the science. they said -- in their internal documents they said "we don't have to win the scientific debate, we just have to c...

Do you think he could actually be an ally in the trump administration because he's not a climate change denier? >> i don't -- you know, rex tillerson is better than his predecessor, rex tillerson came in in 2006 and ended a lot of the connections, the support that exxon was giving to these climate denier groups but they're continuing to pave climate denier groups even today and they've had a 50-year propaganda campaign. exxonmobil has known, we now know since the late 1970s that global warming was going to raise the temperature six degrees celsius by the end of the century. and the last time i...

trump administration. environmentalists are not exactly cheering some of the president-elect's cabinet picks, but ivanka trump has said she wants to make climate change one of her top issues. let's discuss with robert f. kennedy, jr., president of water keeper alliance, of the water keeper alliance. i want to ask you about a suit that you have against exxon but let me start with this. donald trump's picks for the -- for state, the epa, energy, the department of interior, let's say who they are. this is rex tillerson, he runs exxonmobil, scott pruitt will lead the epa, rick perry who promise...

Economic ties that are there, and whether he'll put america's interests first, or whether his relationship with mr. putin could influence what's in the best interests of america. that's going to be one of the principle issues we're concerned about. there are others. what exxon's done on climate issues, under mr. tillerson's leadership is a matter, it will be of interest to the members of the senate. his knowledge of the world, and how he will respond to the challenges. he doesn't have the broad experience that you would want to see in a person coming in to be secretary of state. these are issu...