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Exxon Climate

New Documents Unveiled in Congressional Hearings Show Oil Companies Are Slow-Rolling and Overselling Climate Initiatives, Democrats Say

Amid record profits in the oil industry, Republicans counter that Democrats are waging “war on America’s energy producers.“

By Nicholas Kusnetz

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images.
Richmond, California, home to a Chevron refinery near San Francisco Bay, in one of several cities suing fossil fuel companies over climate change. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Fossil Fuels on Trial: Where the Major Climate Change Lawsuits Stand Today

By David Hasemyer

Rex Tillerson was Exxon's CEO from 2006 until his retirement shortly before becoming U.S. secretary of state in the Trump administration in 2017. He testified at the New York trial. Credit: Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images

Judge Clears Exxon in Investor Fraud Case Over Climate Risk Disclosure

By David Hasemyer, Nicholas Kusnetz

Protesters outside court on the opening day of the Exxon trial in 2019. Credit: Eduardo MunozAlvarez/VIEWpress via Getty Images

Did Exxon Mislead Investors About Climate Risks? It’s Now Up to a Judge to Decide.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Rex Tillerson, Exxon's former CEO, leaves court after testifying. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Exxon's Trial Nears Its End: What Does the State Have to Prove to Win Its Case?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Rex Tillerson was Exxon's CEO from 2006 to 2017, when President Donald Trump named him U.S. secretary of state. He had worked for Exxon his entire career. Credit: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

Rex Tillerson Testifies, Denying Exxon Misled Investors About Climate Risk

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Exxon investor meeting. Credit: Brian Harkin/Getty Images

Key Question as Exxon Climate Trial Begins: What Did Investors Believe?

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After a four-year investigation, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed suit against Exxon on Oct. 24, accusing the oil giant of misleading investors with its disclosures and the public through its advertising. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Massachusetts Sues Exxon Over Climate Change, Accusing Oil Giant of Fraud

By David Hasemyer

Former Exxon scientist Ed Garvey (left) testified before a congressional committee on Oct. 23, 2019, about early research into the risks posed by carbon dioxide emissions that come from burning fossil fuels. Credit: Courtesy of Richard Werthamer

On Capitol Hill, Former Exxon Scientists Describe Oil Giant’s Climate Research Before It Turned to Denial

By Marianne Lavelle

Exxon signs. Credit: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

Exxon’s Climate Fraud Trial Opens to a Packed New York Courtroom

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Exxon and Oil Sands Go on Trial in New York Climate Fraud Case

By Nicholas Kusnetz, By Nicholas Kusnetz 

Sen. Kamala Harris, shown at a 2019 event. Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

Fact Check: Did Kamala Harris Sue Exxon Over Climate Change?

By David Hasemyer, Marianne Lavelle

New York Attorney General Letitia James. Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Exxon Accused of Pressuring Witnesses in Climate Fraud Case

By David Hasemyer, Nicholas Kusnetz

Exxon station. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

In Exxon Climate Fraud Case, Judge Rejects Defense Tactic that Attacked the Prosecutor

By ICN STAFF

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is investigating whether Exxon misled the public and investors about climate change. Credit: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Block Exxon Climate Fraud Investigation

By David Hasemyer

Rhode Island in 2018 became the first state to sue the fossil fuel industry over climate change. Credit: John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images

A Surge of Climate Lawsuits Targets Human Rights, Damage from Fossil Fuels

By Nicholas Kusnetz

New York AG Sues Exxon, Says Oil Giant Defrauded Investors Over Climate Change

By David Hasemyer

Letitia James, New York City's public advocate and a former city councilwoman, won the Democratic primary for state attorney general. If elected in November, she will have some high-profile investigations on her plate. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

New York's Next Attorney General Inherits Some Big Climate and Energy Cases

By Marianne Lavelle

Exxon sign. Credit: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

New York AG: Exxon Climate Fraud Investigation Nearing End

By David Hasemyer, Nicholas Kusnetz

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