Rex Tillerson won't work on Keystone pipeline issues due to ExxonMobil links

Greenpeace argued that ExxonMobil, where secretary of state was CEO, would ‘directly and predictably’ benefit from approval of multibillion-dollar pipelineThe US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, has recused himself from issues related to TransCanada Corp’s application for a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, the state department said in a letter on Thursday to the environmental group Greenpeace. “He has not worked on that matter at the Department of State, and will pl