Judge rules that Exxon can’t stop probe into whether they lied for decades about the impact of climate change

in political •  7 years ago 

 "The judge, in a Friday ruling, found that Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has grounds to pursue its civil investigation into the matter even though Exxon is not technically an in-resident corporation.The judgement follows after a federal judge in New Yorkdismissed a similar lawsuit aimed at ending the climate change probe late last month. In that lawsuit, Exxon argued that Ms Healey and her New York counterpart, Eric Schneiderman, were pursuing their climate probes in bad faith. The judge dismissed the argument as "implausible". "

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