/tags/exxon Exxon en-US WLRN Wed, 01 Feb 2023 15:00:00 GMT /national/2023-01-31/exxon-announced-record-earnings-its-bound-to-renew-scrutiny-of-big-oil Exxon earned nearly $56 billion in profit last year, the biggest annual profit any Western oil company has ever seen. Chevron set its own record with $35 billion in profit. Wed, 01 Feb 2023 15:00:00 GMT /national/2023-01-31/exxon-announced-record-earnings-its-bound-to-renew-scrutiny-of-big-oil Camila Domonoske /news/npr-breaking-news/2021-11-07/guyana-is-a-poor-country-that-was-a-green-champion-then-exxon-discovered-oil Guyana, one of South America's poorest countries, is under severe threat by rising seas. That had made it a champion of climate action, but it all changed when ExxonMobil found oil off its waters. Mon, 08 Nov 2021 11:22:32 GMT /news/npr-breaking-news/2021-11-07/guyana-is-a-poor-country-that-was-a-green-champion-then-exxon-discovered-oil Camila Domonoske, Ryan Kellman