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  • January 11, 2017 at 8:18 pm #63168
    Zooey
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    Healey wins showdown with Exxon Mobil on climate change

    THE BOSTON GLOBE

    Maura Healey is among state attorneys general who are investigating Exxon Mobil and climate change.

    By Stephanie Ebbert GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 11, 2017

    Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has won a showdown with Exxon Mobil, from which she demanded company documents on climate change dating back 40 years, according to a Wednesday court ruling.

    Suffolk Superior Court Judge Heidi E. Brieger denied Exxon Mobil an emergency motion or protective order that would have protected the company from Healey’s demand for documents. Healey is among the state attorneys general investigating what Exxon knew about climate change from its own research and whether the company deceived investors and consumers about the legitimacy of the risk for years.

    The company argued that the Massachusetts courts had no jurisdiction over it and went after Healey directly, claiming her comments about the probe showed bias.

    The ruling comes the same day that former Exxon Mobil chief executive officer Rex Tillerson, President-Elect Donald J. Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, began confirmation hearings in Washington, D.C.

    A spokesman said the company is reviewing the decision to determine the next steps.

    January 11, 2017 at 11:02 pm #63181
    nittany ram
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    A spokesman said the company is reviewing the decision to determine the next steps.

    The next step is to shred documents.

    January 12, 2017 at 10:05 am #63205
    Zooey
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    nittany ram wrote:

    A spokesman said the company is reviewing the decision to determine the next steps.

    The next step is to shred documents.

    I’m sure the process started before the ruling, even.

    There is no fine – even if they get caught – that would hurt them more than the release of documents that damn the oil industry.

    January 12, 2017 at 11:21 am #63210
    Billy_T
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    Exxon apparently owns more than 60 million acres in Russia. Which is more than four times its holdings here.

    They’re dying to drill there, but the sanctions won’t allow it.

    No conflict of interest for Tillerson. Um, no sirree!!

    http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/13/exxon-mobil-could-tap-huge-arctic-assets-if-us-russian-relations-thaw.html

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