Rare! Environment destroyer admits fault

Exxon Mobil Corp. has recently pleaded guilty to killing birds whose migratory paths happened to be right smack over the oil company's mucky production facilities in the American Midwest.

Of course, it should pay the fines of $600,000; this sum is just loose change for one of the world's largest corporations. Heck, it is already the world's biggest, its wealth built on the backs of gas-guzzling cars all over the world.

Big deal, you might say; Exxon killed only 85 migratory birds. But it was enough to throw the food chain for a loop.

What this shows, ultimately, is a company ready for penitence. Exxon has veritably built a new model for environmental consciousness. And for that, I applaud it.



Gerard de la Cruz