{"id":25219,"date":"2015-11-06T12:07:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T12:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=25219"},"modified":"2017-01-04T14:34:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T14:34:23","slug":"exxon-mobil-faces-legal-inquiry-on-climate-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/11\/06\/exxon-mobil-faces-legal-inquiry-on-climate-misinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Exxon Mobil faces legal inquiry on climate misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>New York attorney general is investigating whether oil major lied about scientific knowledge, in move\u00a0with big implications for fossil fuel firms<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22476\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22476\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22476\" src=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2015\/05\/exxon.jpg\" alt=\"(Flickr\/Mike Mozart)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2015\/05\/exxon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2015\/05\/exxon-112x63.jpg 112w, https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2015\/05\/exxon-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2015\/05\/exxon-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Flickr\/Mike Mozart)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/climatemegan\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Darby<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The New York attorney general is investigating Exxon Mobil over claims it deceived the public and investors about climate change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eric Schneiderman demanded financial records, emails and other documents from the oil major on Wednesday evening, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/06\/science\/exxon-mobil-under-investigation-in-new-york-over-climate-statements.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss&amp;utm_source=Daily+Carbon+Briefing&amp;utm_campaign=683e631b7b-cb_daily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_876aab4fd7-683e631b7b-303436065\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry could lead to civil or even criminal charges. Some experts foresee a wave of litigation against the fossil fuel sector similar to that faced by tobacco firms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We can no longer afford to respond to climate change with denials or obstruction: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7JBCS2fhHk\">https:\/\/t.co\/7JBCS2fhHk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ActOnClimate?src=hash\">#ActOnClimate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Schneiderman (@AGSchneiderman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGSchneiderman\/status\/661982759074820097\">November 4, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It follows a series of articles by <a href=\"http:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/content\/Exxon-The-Road-Not-Taken\" target=\"_blank\">Inside Climate News<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/graphics.latimes.com\/exxon-research\/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> showing Exxon distorted the climate debate for decades.<\/p>\n<p>While internal modelling in 1982 confirmed the scientific consensus that fossil fuel use causes global warming, the company\u2019s lobbyists sowed doubt on the findings.<\/p>\n<p>The effects are still evident in US discourse today, which has become deeply polarised.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bullshit has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/418542137899491328\">January 2, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Most Republican presidential candidates continue to dispute human influence on the climate. Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, on the other hand, back an investigation into Exxon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of evidence they misled,\u201d Clinton <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2015\/10\/29\/3717602\/clinton-investigate-exxon\/\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders went further, <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2015\/10\/20\/3714390\/bernie-sanders-investigate-exxon-climate-denial\/\" target=\"_blank\">writing to US attorney general Loretta Lynch<\/a> to ask for a federal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt appears that Exxon knew its product was causing harm to the public, and spent millions of dollars to obfuscate the facts,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>As well as affecting America\u2019s willingness to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Exxon\u2019s behaviour had financial implications.<\/p>\n<p>By playing down the climate threat, it may have given shareholders a false impression of the company\u2019s future profitability.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/07\/08\/around-the-world-in-5-climate-change-lawsuits\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Analysis:<\/strong> Around the world in 5 climate change lawsuits<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/09\/30\/carney-urges-g20-to-tackle-financial-risks-of-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Report:<\/strong>\u00a0Carney urges G20 to tackle financial risks of climate change<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/07\/16\/exxon-and-chevron-prone-to-groupthink-on-climate-study\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Report:<\/strong>\u00a0Exxon and Chevron prone to \u2018groupthink\u2019 on climate \u2013 study<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Coal giant Peabody Energy has also been under investigation by the New York attorney general\u2019s office for two years over its financial disclosures.<\/p>\n<p>Bank of England governor Mark Carney last month <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/09\/30\/carney-urges-g20-to-tackle-financial-risks-of-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\">warned<\/a> climate-related litigation posed a threat to financial stability.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure on polluters or negligent companies to pay out \u201cwill only increase as the science and evidence of climate change hardens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Campaigners in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/06\/24\/climate-campaigners-win-court-case-against-dutch-government\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Netherlands<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/09\/20\/pakistan-ordered-to-enforce-climate-law-by-lahore-court\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pakistan<\/a> have won legal challenges forcing their governments to take stronger climate action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWS: New York attorney general is investigating whether oil major lied about scientific knowledge, in move with big implications for fossil 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