ExxonKnews
October 26, 2023
After months of unprecedented wildfires and an oil executive’s recent pledge to double down on fossil fuels, Canadian governments are facing growing calls to take Big Oil companies to court and hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis.
Suncor CEO in the hot seat: “Your industry knew”
In a scene reminiscent of when Big Oil CEOs were hauled before the U.S. Congress in 2021, members of Canada’s parliament last week grilled Suncor Energy CEO Richard Kruger about his company’s commitment — or lack thereof — to the clean energy transition.
Kruger, a former executive at ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil, told Suncor shareholders in August that the company was placing a “disproportionate emphasis on the longer term energy transition,” indicating that it would invest more heavily in “today's business drivers” like oil and gas.
