10 Companies That Are The Biggest Polluters in the World

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4. ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM)

Total greenhouse gas emissions from 1965 to 2017 (in billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent): 41.90

Percentage of total greenhouse gas emissions from 1965 to 2017: 3.09%

The biggest direct descendant of Standard Oil, which was the biggest company in the world before being declared a monopoly and broken up, ExxonMobil’s revenue in 2019 was $264.9 billion. According to recent research it is one of the biggest pollutants in not just the US but the world, and has been considered a leader in funding climate change denial.

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Gas Station, Oil, Fuel, Logo, Sign,

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