Massachusetts court rules in favor of attorney general in Exxon climate change case
Climate activists urge California attorney general to join investigations into Exxon.
MARK HAND APR 13, 2018, 3:21 PM
ExxonMobil Corp. lost its bid to block Massachusetts attorney general from obtaining records to look into whether the company concealed its knowledge of the role fossil fuels play with climate change.
In its decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Friday affirmed a lower courts ruling that state Attorney General Maura Healey (D) has authority to investigate Exxon. The court ordered the oil company to hand over documents to the attorney generals office as part of her investigation into the companys history of climate deception.
In January 2017, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge ruled Exxon must comply with Healeys investigation and turn over 40 years of documents on climate change. Exxon appealed. The state Supreme Judicial Courts decision on Friday upheld the lower court judges order.
Exxons scorched earth campaign to block our investigation has been entirely rejected by the courts, Healey said Friday in a statement. Now Exxon must come forward with the truth, what it knew about climate change, when, and what it told the world.
https://thinkprogress.org/massachusetts-high-court-orders-exxon-to-hand-over-documents-in-climate-investigation-4e8335290074/
This will help those children that are suing the government.................