Washington Business Journal reports that ExxonMobil will relocate its 2,100 employees in Fairfax County to a massive new headquarters the company is building in Houston.

In an announcement oddly timed with Earth Day, the Washington Mystics today inked a sponsorship deal with ExxonMobil, reports the Washington Business Journal. The massive oil company will now display courtside ads during Mystics games, a move that should place the team right alongside the Nationals as major targets of environmental protesters. Exxon will also become the official sponsor of the Mystics Student of the Week program. The Student of the Week program recognizes female…

Over at Grist, Mike Tidwell writes about how ExxonMobil, “the biggest contributor to global warming of any company in the world,” has become the target of some Nats fans who see the oil company’s sponsorship of the 7th-inning stretch at Nationals Park as hugely hypocritical given that the stadium is touted as being the first “green” ballpark in the country. Tidwell is spot on when it comes to pointing out the best ironies in the…