Rex Tillerson Used “Wayne Tracker” Email Alias to Talk About Climate Change

by Cassady Craighill

March 14, 2017

In a court filing on Monday, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman revealed that Tillerson did not disclose an alias email address used to discuss climate change and its impacts.

Rex Tillerson

Photo via World Economic Forum.

In response to revelations that as Exxon CEO, Rex Tillerson used the email alias “Wayne Tracker” to discuss climate change, Greenpeace USA Climate Liability Campaigner said:

“Rex Tillerson might have questioned climate change as CEO of ExxonMobil, but it seems that Wayne Tracker understood its risks quite well. Who is Wayne Tracker? The alias Tillerson used at Exxon to send emails about climate risks, according to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. This is a significant development in Schneiderman’s investigation into what Exxon knew about climate change, when it knew it, and what the company did to conceal it. Was Rex Tillerson that worried about climate risks for Exxon? Or was he more worried about the risk of revealing them to his shareholders and to the public?  Or was it both?”

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Cassady Craighill, [email protected], 828-817-3328

Cassady Craighill

By Cassady Craighill

Cassady is a media officer for Greenpeace USA based on the East Coast. She covers climate change and energy, particularly how both issues relate to the Trump administration.

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