Saturday, October 31, 2015

Exxon Mobil Accused of Misleading Public on Climate Change Risks - The New York Times

An ExxonMobil refinery in Louisiana. More than 40 environmental and other groups called for a federal investigation of the oil-and-gas company. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/Associated Press) Click to Enlarge.
More than 40 of the nation’s leading environmental and social justice groups demanded a federal investigation of Exxon Mobil on Friday, accusing the huge oil and gas company of deceiving the American public about the risks of climate change to protect its profits.

 In a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the groups, citing recent news reports, suggested that Exxon Mobil might be guilty of the same kind of fraud that the tobacco companies were found to have perpetrated when they hid the risks of smoking.  Those violations ultimately cost the companies tens of billions of dollars in penalties.

 The call for an investigation echoes demands made in recent days by three Democratic presidential candidates, including Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders, and by several Democrats in Congress.
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The letter from the groups follows recent articles from two news organizations, Inside Climate News and The Los Angeles Times, about Exxon Mobil’s role in blocking political action on global warming.

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