Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine sued ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, and Shell today for allegedly misleading District consumers about the role the companies’ products play in causing climate change. In a move that suggests close coordination, the legal action comes just one day after Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a very similar lawsuit.
This case is the most recent iteration within a broader campaign to attack energy companies that is fueled by a coordinated network of trial attorneys, activists, and deep-pocketed donors.
Read the full blog post at EIDClimate.org.
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