Column: Here's what Exxon's CEO gets wrong about the climate crisis

After decades of climate denial and delay, the company is still putting oil and gas first.

Oil and gas conglomerate Exxon Mobil could be a key player in global efforts to combat the climate crisis — if only governments would remove burdensome regulations and stop wasting money on inefficient clean energy incentives. Sound contradictory? It is. Nevertheless, that was the message shared by Exxon Chief Executive Darren Woods on Monday in Beverly Hills.

In other Pacific Ocean news, The Times' Hayley Smith and Sean Greene reported on majestic blue whales in Southern California's Santa Barbara Channel, and the deafeningly loud cargo ships going in and out of the L.A. and Long Beach ports that can make life hell for the mammals.

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