California sues ExxonMobil for misleading public on plastic recycling
5 months, 3 weeks ago

California sues ExxonMobil for misleading public on plastic recycling

NPR  

California sues ExxonMobil for misleading public on plastic recycling toggle caption Mark Humphrey/AP California has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against ExxonMobil, alleging that the company has spent decades misleading the public about the efficacy of plastic recycling. “For decades, ExxonMobil has been deceiving the public to convince us that plastic recycling could solve the plastic waste and pollution crisis when they clearly knew this wasn’t possible,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement on Monday. “Big Oil and the plastic industry’s lies are the beating heart of the plastic waste crisis, which makes California’s groundbreaking lawsuit against ExxonMobil the most important legal action to date in the global fight against plastic pollution,” Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity, said in a statement. "Advanced recycling is a real, proven solution that can help address plastic waste and improve recycling rates," Exxon said in a statement earlier this year to NPR. Judith Enck, president of an advocacy group Beyond Plastic, called chemical recycling “another industry public relations stunt.” In a statement, Enck called the California litigation “the single most consequential lawsuit filed against the plastics industry for its persistent and continued lying about plastics recycling.”

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Newsom stymies implementation of landmark California plastic law, orders more talks
1 week, 2 days ago

Newsom stymies implementation of landmark California plastic law, orders more talks

LA Times  

SB 54 called for plastic and packaging companies to reduce single-use plastic packaging by 25% and ensure that 65% of that material is recyclable and 100% either recyclable or compostable — all by 2032. Gavin Newsom this week stymied implementation of landmark state environmental legislation that would have limited the amount of single-use plastics sold and distributed in California — …

California banned polystyrene. Has the plastic industry spooked the governor into silence?
1 month ago

California banned polystyrene. Has the plastic industry spooked the governor into silence?

LA Times  

On Jan. 1, polystyrene packaging became illegal to sell, distribute or import into California — the result of a landmark waste law signed by Gov. Instead, there’s growing concern among environmental groups and some lawmakers that plastic manufacturers, producers and distributors are waging a behind-the-scenes battle to derail the plastics law, known as SB 54. But you have to start …

Exxon Mobil Corp. sues California attorney general for defamation over plastic recycling claims
2 months, 1 week ago

Exxon Mobil Corp. sues California attorney general for defamation over plastic recycling claims

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a federal defamation lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups, months after Bonta sued the oil and gas giant alleging that it deceived the public for half a century by promising the plastics it produced would be recycled. The Texas-based company said in its lawsuit, filed Monday in that …

Exxon Mobil sues California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta over plastic recycling claims
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2 months, 1 week ago

Exxon Mobil sues California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta over plastic recycling claims

LA Times  

Oil giant Exxon Mobil has filed a defamation lawsuit against California Atty. The suit, filed Monday in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas, amounts to a counterpunch against a suit Bonta filed against Exxon Mobil last September accusing the company of greatly exaggerating the extent to which plastics can be recycled by portraying them as universally recyclable. The …

Environmental groups sue over California support for polluting biofuels
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Environmental groups sue over California support for polluting biofuels

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Several environmental groups are suing California air regulators over their recent update of a contentious climate program, saying they failed to address the pollution impacts of biofuels. The California Air Resources Board voted last month to increase the state’s emission reduction targets, fund charging infrastructure for zero-emission vehicles, and phase out incentives for capturing methane emissions from …

LA County sues Pepsi, Coca-Cola over plastic bottles
4 months, 2 weeks ago

LA County sues Pepsi, Coca-Cola over plastic bottles

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, …

L.A. County sues Pepsi and Coca-Cola over their role in ongoing plastic pollution crisis
4 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. County sues Pepsi and Coca-Cola over their role in ongoing plastic pollution crisis

LA Times  

Los Angeles County has filed a lawsuit against the world’s largest beverage companies — Coca-Cola and PepsiCo — claiming that the soda and drink makers lied to the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling and, as a result, left county residents and ecosystems choking in discarded plastic. The L.A. County suit alleges — in a vein similar to that …

Exxon Mobil says advanced recycling is the answer to plastic waste. But is it really?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Exxon Mobil says advanced recycling is the answer to plastic waste. But is it really?

LA Times  

Rob Bonta filed suit against Exxon Mobil and accused the oil giant of misleading the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling, many of the allegations surrounded the company’s marketing of a process called “advanced recycling.” In recent years — as longstanding efforts to recycle plastics have faltered — Exxon Mobil has touted advanced recycling as a groundbreaking technology that …

California sues Exxon Mobil, claims 'plastic pollution'
5 months, 2 weeks ago

California sues Exxon Mobil, claims 'plastic pollution'

China Daily  

A view of the Exxon Mobil refinery in Baytown, Texas, September 15, 2008. The California lawsuit alleges that Exxon Mobil "deceptively promoted recycling as a cure-all for plastic waste" while knowing "it is extremely costly and difficult to eradicate" the plastic waste and knew that plastic predictably disintegrates into microplastics that pose an even greater harm to "all living things, …

California sues Exxon Mobil, claims 'plastic pollution'
5 months, 2 weeks ago

California sues Exxon Mobil, claims 'plastic pollution'

China Daily  

By MAY ZHOU in New York | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-09-24 11:57 A view of the Exxon Mobil refinery in Baytown, Texas, September 15, 2008. The California lawsuit alleges that Exxon Mobil "deceptively promoted recycling as a cure-all for plastic waste" while knowing "it is extremely costly and difficult to eradicate" the plastic waste and knew that plastic predictably disintegrates …

ExxonMobil sued over campaign of ‘deception’ that exacerbated plastic pollution crisis
5 months, 2 weeks ago

ExxonMobil sued over campaign of ‘deception’ that exacerbated plastic pollution crisis

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The state of California has sued oil and gas giant ExxonMobil for what it branded …

California lawsuit accuses Exxon Mobil of misleading the public about plastic recycling
5 months, 3 weeks ago

California lawsuit accuses Exxon Mobil of misleading the public about plastic recycling

LA Times  

Rob Bonta has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit aimed at Exxon Mobil Corp. — one of the largest producers of petroleum-based polymers — for allegedly deceiving the public about the potential for plastic recycling and creating an environmental blight that has cost the state billions of dollars to clean. Decades of misleading marketing in newspaper The lawsuit seeks to compel the …

California is suing ExxonMobil, which is accused of lying about their plastic recycling
5 months, 3 weeks ago

California is suing ExxonMobil, which is accused of lying about their plastic recycling

Salon  

ExxonMobil, a fossil fuel company that conspicuously touts a commitment to fighting plastic pollution, is being sued by the State of California as of Monday for allegedly misleading the public about the effectiveness of the various anti-pollution tactics that they advocate. In the first lawsuit ever to be filed against a large oil company for spreading this type of misinformation, …

California attorney general sues Exxon Mobil over plastics recycling deceptions
5 months, 3 weeks ago

California attorney general sues Exxon Mobil over plastics recycling deceptions

Politico  

Exxon pointed the finger back at California. Instead of suing us, they could have worked with us to fix the problem and keep plastic out of landfills.” The suit in San Francisco County Superior Court, which comes a year after Bonta sued Exxon and four other oil majors seeking compensation for climate change damages, reflects California’s increasingly aggressive effort to …

Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life
9 months, 1 week ago

Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life

NPR  

Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Just for a minute, think about how much of the plastic you use today will end up as trash. “But there’s a growing agreement,” she said, that a lot of single-use plastic “can probably go.” toggle caption Matt Cardy/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe The plastics industry …

The plastics industry says chemical recycling could help banish pollution. It’s ‘an illusion,’ critics say
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The plastics industry says chemical recycling could help banish pollution. It’s ‘an illusion,’ critics say

CNN  

CNN — A squat, light-colored building in Tigard, Oregon, was supposed to be part of a game-changing new solution for the global plastics industry. “Chemical recycling transforms used plastic and gives it value,” said a spokesperson for the American Chemistry Council, a trade association for US chemical and plastics companies, adding “we must eliminate plastic pollution without eliminating the benefits …

Plastic experts say recycling is a scam. Should we even do it anymore?
1 year ago

Plastic experts say recycling is a scam. Should we even do it anymore?

Salon  

When the Center for Climate Integrity released its report about plastic recycling, one might have expected the environmentalist non-profit to encourage the practice. Yet the title of Center for Climate Integrity's report — "The Fraud of Plastic Recycling" — reveals a very different point-of-view. "Even if plastic recycling rates were higher, recycling alone could never come close to solving the …

California’s war on plastic bag use seems to have backfired. Lawmakers are trying again
1 year, 1 month ago

California’s war on plastic bag use seems to have backfired. Lawmakers are trying again

LA Times  

It was a decade ago when California became the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags, ushering in a wave of anti-plastic legislation from coast to coast. “Basically what happened is that plastic bag companies invented these thicker plastic bags that technically meet that definition of reusable but are clearly not being reused and don’t look like …

New York sues PepsiCo in effort to hold it responsible for litter that winds up in rivers
1 year, 4 months ago

New York sues PepsiCo in effort to hold it responsible for litter that winds up in rivers

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state sued PepsiCo on Wednesday in an effort to hold the soda-and-snack food giant partly responsible for litter that winds up in bodies of water supplying the city of Buffalo with drinking water. The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court by Attorney General Letitia James, accuses the company and its Frito-Lay subsidiaries of creating a …

Editorial: California’s lawsuit against Big Oil could help end decades of climate lies
1 year, 5 months ago

Editorial: California’s lawsuit against Big Oil could help end decades of climate lies

LA Times  

California’s lawsuit against some of the world’s largest oil companies is an important move by the world’s fifth-largest economy to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for decades of climate denial and deception. The suit filed last week against BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute trade group seeks to hold them liable for misleading the …

California lawsuit says oil giants deceived public on climate, seeks funds for storm damage
1 year, 5 months ago

California lawsuit says oil giants deceived public on climate, seeks funds for storm damage

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The state of California filed a lawsuit against some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, claiming they deceived the public about the risks of fossil fuels now faulted for climate change-related storms and wildfires that caused billions of dollars in damage, officials said Saturday. The civil lawsuit filed in state Superior Court in San Francisco …

The Plastic Crisis Finally Gets Emergency Status
1 year, 9 months ago

The Plastic Crisis Finally Gets Emergency Status

Wired  

Humanity’s relationship with plastic isn’t just broken—it’s absurd. But today the United Nations Environment Programme is dropping an urgent report on the extraordinary environmental and human costs of plastic pollution, along with a road map for the world to take action. With several strategies working in concert—like production cuts and more reuse of plastic products—the report finds that humanity might …

Editorial: California is leading the nation on cutting plastic trash. But it still needs to do more
2 years, 2 months ago

Editorial: California is leading the nation on cutting plastic trash. But it still needs to do more

LA Times  

Last year was a good one for trash. But in 2022, they went big and broad, enacting Senate Bill 54, a revolutionary law that will start phasing out all varieties of single-use plastic in 2025 — basically everything on the shelves of grocery and other retail stores — through escalating composting and recycling requirements on consumer products packaging. But even …

Cop27 sponsor Coca-Cola named ‘top plastic polluter’ for fifth year in row
2 years, 3 months ago

Cop27 sponsor Coca-Cola named ‘top plastic polluter’ for fifth year in row

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cop27 sponsor Coca-Cola has been named the top plastic polluter for the fifth year in …

Can most plastic be recycled? The answer, as per this Greenpeace US report, is…
2 years, 4 months ago

Can most plastic be recycled? The answer, as per this Greenpeace US report, is…

Hindustan Times  

In 2021, about 51 million tonnes of plastic was generated by households in the United States but only 2.4 million of this was recycled, reveals a new report by Greenpeace. From 9.5 per cent in 2014 to 8.7 per cent in 2018 and 5-6 per cent in 2021 - plastic recycling is said to have declined in the country, Greenpeace …

Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse
2 years, 4 months ago

Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse

NPR  

Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse Enlarge this image toggle caption Laura Sullivan/NPR Laura Sullivan/NPR The vast majority of plastic that people use, and in many cases put into blue recycling bins, is headed to landfills, or worse, according to a report from Greenpeace on the state of plastic recycling in the U.S. Greenpeace …

Advanced recycling: Plastic crisis solution or distraction?
2 years, 4 months ago

Advanced recycling: Plastic crisis solution or distraction?

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The plastics industry says there is a way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet’s oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically. The process doesn’t involve oxygen so there’s no combustion or incineration of plastics, DeBenedictis said, and their product is trucked as a synthetic oil to petrochemical companies, essentially the “building blocks …

Plastic pollution could trigger $20 Billion in lawsuit payouts, says report
2 years, 5 months ago

Plastic pollution could trigger $20 Billion in lawsuit payouts, says report

Hindustan Times  

Litigation could cost the plastics industry and its insurers $20 billion in the US over the next eight years, according to a report backed by the United Nations and an Australian billionaire. Companies including petrochemical and consumer goods firms may be liable for the cost of cleaning up plastic pollution, while emerging legal pathways to claim for the harm to …

California sets nation’s toughest plastics reduction rules
2 years, 8 months ago

California sets nation’s toughest plastics reduction rules

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Companies selling shampoo, food and other products wrapped in plastic have a decade to cut down on their use of the polluting material if they want their wares on California store shelves. Plastic makers would form their own industry group tasked with developing a plan to meet the requirements, which would need approval from the state’s recycling …

California sets the toughest plastics reduction rules in the United States
2 years, 8 months ago

California sets the toughest plastics reduction rules in the United States

Firstpost  

Major legislation passed and signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, aims to significantly reduce single-use plastic packaging in the state and drastically boost recycling rates for what remains Sacramento, Calif.: Companies selling shampoo, food and other products wrapped in plastic have a decade to cut down on their use of the polluting material if they want their wares on California store …

California sets nation's toughest plastics reduction rules
2 years, 8 months ago

California sets nation's toughest plastics reduction rules

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Gavin Newsom on Thursday aims to significantly reduce single-use …

Editorial: California has a chance to lead the nation on cutting plastic trash. If we don’t blow it
2 years, 8 months ago

Editorial: California has a chance to lead the nation on cutting plastic trash. If we don’t blow it

LA Times  

Plastic trash lies on the beach after heavy rains near the Santa Ana River in 2018. The last few years have seen one distressing news story after another about the scourge of plastic waste: Single-use plastic packaging dumped in the ocean is killing sea animals who mistake it for food. The bill requires that 65% of all single-use plastic must …

California bill would reduce single-use plastic products 25%
2 years, 8 months ago

California bill would reduce single-use plastic products 25%

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An ambitious California proposal aims to reduce plastic production for single-use products like shampoo bottles and food wrappers by 25% starting next decade, part of an effort to rein in pollution from the ubiquitous material. Democratic Sen. Ben Allen, the bill’s author, said that if passed the proposal would make California a leader in reducing plastic waste …

Compromise on plastics ban comes under fire in California Legislature. Ballot fight likely
2 years, 9 months ago

Compromise on plastics ban comes under fire in California Legislature. Ballot fight likely

LA Times  

Two years ago, China started refusing to accept many kinds of U.S. materials, including plastic containers, contributing to the collapse of recycling markets. “We don’t want to get tied down to a flawed system for years and years.” The initiative — known as the California Recycling and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act — would require all single-use plastic packaging and food …

Plastics industry, facing crackdown, targets Democrats with mailers deemed deceptive
2 years, 9 months ago

Plastics industry, facing crackdown, targets Democrats with mailers deemed deceptive

LA Times  

A front group for the plastics industry has been sending mailers to households in Southern California, trying to head off legislation or a ballot measure that would restrict single-use plastic containers. Cheryl Auger was stunned this month when one of her Pasadena neighbors and friends received a flier in the mail featuring her state assemblyman, with a line stating, “Higher …

State accuses Exxon Mobil of deceiving public, perpetuating ‘myth’ of plastics recycling
2 years, 10 months ago

State accuses Exxon Mobil of deceiving public, perpetuating ‘myth’ of plastics recycling

LA Times  

A toy dog skeleton and other plastic debris lie strewn along the banks of Ballona Creek in Marina del Rey. Rob Bonta said Thursday that his office has subpoenaed Exxon Mobil Corp. seeking information related to the company’s “historic and ongoing efforts” to minimize the public’s understanding of the harmful consequences of plastic. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, flanked by …

California is investigating Big Oil for allegedly misleading the public on recycling
2 years, 10 months ago

California is investigating Big Oil for allegedly misleading the public on recycling

NPR  

California is investigating Big Oil for allegedly misleading the public on recycling Enlarge this image toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Updated at 10:41 p.m. ET Accusing the country's largest oil and gas companies of "a half-century campaign of deception," California's attorney general opened an investigation Thursday into the possible role the companies played promoting the idea that …

Big fight brewing over California ballot measure to reduce single-use plastics
2 years, 10 months ago

Big fight brewing over California ballot measure to reduce single-use plastics

LA Times  

Gulls flock to a trash boom littered with plastics and other waste near the mouth of the Los Angeles River after a 2015 storm. “And while we’ve achieved incremental reforms in labeling and process in respect to plastics, we really haven’t tackled the reality that we are drowning in plastics.” The initiative — known as the California Recycling and Plastic …

Science report: US should make less plastic to save oceans
3 years, 3 months ago

Science report: US should make less plastic to save oceans

Associated Press  

America needs to rethink and reduce the way it generates plastics because so much of the material is littering the oceans and other waters, the National Academy of Sciences says in a new report. Recycling and proper disposal alone aren’t enough and can’t handle the problem, so the “United States should substantially reduce solid waste generation to reduce plastic waste …

Plastics Will Create More Climate Pollution Than Coal In U.S. By 2030, New Study Finds
3 years, 4 months ago

Plastics Will Create More Climate Pollution Than Coal In U.S. By 2030, New Study Finds

Huff Post  

A man in Kenya carries a load of plastic garbage. “But this is a significant and growing source of greenhouse gas emissions.” Construction on Shell Chemicals Beaver County ethane cracker plant in Potter Township, Pennsylvania, in May 2020. via Associated Press Across the country, particularly in states where hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has made the fossil fuel raw materials for …

20 Companies Are Behind Half Of The World's Single-Use Plastic Waste, Study Finds
3 years, 9 months ago

20 Companies Are Behind Half Of The World's Single-Use Plastic Waste, Study Finds

NPR  

20 Companies Are Behind Half Of The World's Single-Use Plastic Waste, Study Finds Enlarge this image toggle caption Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images In 2019, more than 130 million metric tons of single-use plastics were thrown away, with most of that waste burned, buried in a landfill or dumped directly into the ocean or onto land. Now, a new …

How plastic pollution threatens our health, food systems, and civilization itself
3 years, 11 months ago

How plastic pollution threatens our health, food systems, and civilization itself

Salon  

One of the most memorable quotes from the classic 1967 film "The Graduate" turned out to be prophetic, too. "The plastic commonly used in packaging contains thousands of chemicals that are known carcinogens and endocrine disruptors," John Hocevar, Oceans Campaign Director for Greenpeace USA, told Salon. "We also know that we have these areas, where a lot of this plastic …

Why John Oliver is right, plastic recycling is a broken system and what we should do about it
3 years, 11 months ago

Why John Oliver is right, plastic recycling is a broken system and what we should do about it

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy John Oliver tackled the failure that is plastic recycling during Sunday’s episode of Last Week …

Editorial: Plastic trash is not just litter. It’s a climate change problem, too
4 years, 2 months ago

Editorial: Plastic trash is not just litter. It’s a climate change problem, too

LA Times  

President-elect Joe Biden will have a long to-do list the moment he takes over the White House this month. Single-use plastic is a climate change issue — as well as an observable, measurable menace to the environment that has only been exacerbated by the pandemic and the need for plastic protective gear. Instead, they have viewed single-use plastic — which …

Problem not with plastic: VP calls for responsible use of plastics
4 years, 2 months ago

Problem not with plastic: VP calls for responsible use of plastics

Hindustan Times  

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday asked research institutes like the CIPET to focus on the development of eco-friendly products like biodegradable plastics as durability and longevity of plastics have posed several challenges to the environment. Improper littering habits and lack of awareness on plastics waste management have resulted in many hazards,” he pointed out. Venkaiah Naidu noted that the …

Coca-Cola named world’s worst plastic polluter for third straight year
4 years, 3 months ago

Coca-Cola named world’s worst plastic polluter for third straight year

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Coca-Cola has been branded the world’s worst plastic polluter for the third year in a …

Editorial: Don’t despair. California’s fight against plastic trash is far from over
4 years, 5 months ago

Editorial: Don’t despair. California’s fight against plastic trash is far from over

LA Times  

The 11th-hour failure of a landmark plastic pollution law in the California Legislature in August was a crushing disappointment. The California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act proposed by Sen. Ben Allen and Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez would have significantly reduced single-use plastic waste in California by requiring most packaging to be either compostable or recycled by 2032. Right now, …

Big plastic polluters accused of ‘hypocrisy’ over pledges to reduce waste while lobbying to block reforms
4 years, 5 months ago

Big plastic polluters accused of ‘hypocrisy’ over pledges to reduce waste while lobbying to block reforms

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ …

US climate change lawsuits: Connecticut sues ExxonMobil
4 years, 6 months ago

US climate change lawsuits: Connecticut sues ExxonMobil

Al Jazeera  

Connecticut filed a lawsuit on Monday against oil giant ExxonMobil Corp for misleading the public over the effects of climate change, becoming the latest state to target the fossil fuel industry for violating state consumer protection laws. The state’s attorney general, William Tong, filed the lawsuit in Connecticut’s Superior Court, alleging that Exxon violated the state’s unfair trade practices act, …

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