ExxonMobil chief joins lawsuit against fracking project

Published February 24, 2014 5:00am ET



ExxonMobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson and Yoko Ono have at least one thing in common — neither of them want hydraulic fracturing projects in their backyards.

The chief of the world’s largest oil and gas company joined a lawsuit to block construction of a water tower used for a hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, project near his suburban Dallas home, according to the Wall Street Journal. Tillerson and others — including former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, the suit’s lead plaintiff — say they are worried noise pollution and traffic from drilling would reduce property values.

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