Posted on 11/06/2015 1:32:28 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee
The New York attorney general has begun an investigation of Exxon Mobil to determine whether the company lied to the public about the risks of climate change or to investors about how such risks might hurt the oil business.
According to people with knowledge of the investigation, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued a subpoena Wednesday evening to Exxon Mobil, demanding extensive financial records, emails and other documents.
The investigation focuses on whether statements the company made to investors about climate risks as recently as this year were consistent with the company’s own long-running scientific research.
The people said the inquiry would include a period of at least a decade during which Exxon Mobil funded outside groups that sought to undermine climate science, even as its in-house scientists were outlining the potential consequences — and uncertainties — to company executives.
Kenneth P. Cohen, vice president for public affairs at Exxon Mobil, said on Thursday that the company had received the subpoena and was still deciding how to respond.
“We unequivocally reject the allegations that Exxon Mobil has suppressed climate change research,†Mr. Cohen said, adding that the company had funded mainstream climate science since the 1970s, had published dozens of scientific papers on the topic and had disclosed climate risks to investors. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Was their outrage the result of a video they showed, outraging the religion of climate change?
ExxonMobil, huh?
The same company that Hillary (resident of NYS and past US Senator) wanted to be “investigated” because they suspended their corporate giving to the Clinton foundation?
THAT ExonMobil?
This would be a beautiful thing if it goes to trial. Subpoena Michael Mann’s data. Subpoena NOAA data. Subpoena East Anglia data. It would be a beautiful thing.
Lying is not a crime. If it was, every lawyer and politician in this country would be in prison.
HF
Unless you’re a commie ‘RAT. All Exxon needs to do is show how much money they’ve donated to the Clinton “Foundation”.
Sounds like "Her Thighness" sent "the hounds" after them.
He's in the "water bucket brigade"!
Hillary Clinton Has a Lot of Big Names on Her New York Leadership Team
View the full list of Ms. Clinton's New York backers below:
Snip...Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
Thy really believe nobody can see through their veil of subterfuge.
Pay the Clinton or else
Exxon Mobil stopped giving to the Clinton Foundation.
They are attempting to make questioning their religion illegal.
[Lying is not a crime. If it was, every lawyer and politician in this country would be in prison.]
You are correct. What about all the consumers who were defrauded by Barack Obama’s totally deceptive ObamaCare sales campaign?
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