Exxon Strikes Out in Massachusetts Climate-Change Probe
ExxonMobil must comply with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s investigation into whether it suppressed climate change research, the state’s highest court ruled Friday.
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Exxon Flops in Bid to Kill Climate-Fraud Probe
Refusing to let Exxon sue over state fraud probes of its climate change denials, a federal judge called the oil giant’s scorched-earth legal offensive Thursday a “huge waste” of time and money.
Read moreExxon Mobil Withdraws From Russia Deal Due to Sanctions
U.S. oil company Exxon Mobil says it will withdraw from its joint venture with Russia’s state-controlled Rosneft due to U.S. and European sanctions against the country.
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Rejecting an appeal Monday by environmental groups and a state senator, the New Jersey Superior Court upheld a landmark settlement that requires Exxon Mobil to pay $225 million for causing pollution at the Bayway Refinery in Linden and another facility in Bayonne.
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Exxon Mobil claims in a petition for pre-suit depositions filed in Tarrant County, Texas, that local officials in California have unfairly targeted Exxon and other Texas-based energy companies in civil lawsuits blaming them for rising sea levels, despite not disclosing that concern to bond investors.
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Emissions Settlement to Cost ExxonMobil $300M in Plant Upgrades
ExxonMobil reached a $2.5 million settlement on carbon emissions Tuesday that will cost it $300 million in compliance measures for facilities in Texas and Louisiana.
Read moreExxon Asks Judge to Throw Out Climate-Change Class Action
ExxonMobil and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asked a Dallas federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss a shareholder class action against them, arguing investors are piggybacking claims by several blue-state attorneys general that the oil giant concealed what it knew about climate change.
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San Francisco, Oakland Blame Oil Giants for Rising Sea Levels
Oakland and San Francisco sued five major oil companies on Tuesday, claiming they should cover the costs of sea walls and other projects needed to protect the cities from the consequences of climate change.
Read moreExxon Strikes Out on Hiding Accountant’s Books
New York’s highest court handed a critical victory Tuesday to state prosecutors investigating Exxon for fraud on climate change, refusing to let the oil giant shield audit files.
Read moreStudy Finds Exxon Misled Public on Climate Change for Decades
Fossil-fuel giant Exxon Mobil has knowingly misled the public for nearly 40 years about the dangers of climate change, according to a new study analyzing company communications.
Read moreExxonMobil Sues USA, Fighting $2 Million Fine for Violating Russia Sanctions
ExxonMobil sued the United States on Thursday within hours of being slapped with a $2 million fine for violating sanctions against Russia during its conflict with Ukraine.
Read moreExxon Blocked from Enforcing Venezuela Arbitration Award
An ExxonMobil subsidiary cannot enforce a $188 million arbitration award against Venezuela for nationalizing its oil industry without complying with the notice requirements of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, the Second Circuit ruled.
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Two-Year Exxon Probe Tests Judge’s Patience
ExxonMobil’s attorney denounced an ongoing fraud probe of the company as a “political witch hunt” on Friday, as a judge urged New York’s attorney general to accelerate the 2-year-old investigation.
Read moreInvestors Press Exxon on Disclosure of Climate Change Impact
Exxon Mobil shareholders pushed the company on Wednesday to share more information about whether regulations designed to reduce climate change will hurt the oil giant’s business.
Read moreExxon Mobil Audit Files Ruled Fair Game in Fraud Probe
A New York appeals court advanced a financial probe Wednesday in the state attorney general’s hunt for evidence of fraud in Exxon Mobil’s climate-change denials.
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USA Sues Exxon for Info on Refinery Explosion & Fire
Federal prosecutors have sued Exxon Mobil to enforce compliance with subpoenas in the investigation of a 2015 explosion at its oil refinery in Southern California, which injured workers, destroyed property and released hazardous gases.
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Exxon Mobil Fined $20 Million for Air Pollution
A federal judge Wednesday ordered Exxon Mobil to pay the United States nearly $20 million for Clean Air Act violations at its massive petrochemical complex near Houston.
Read moreUS Treasury Rejects Exxon Mobil Request to Drill in Russia
The Trump administration has denied a request from Exxon Mobil to waive U.S. sanctions against Russia and allow it to resume oil drilling around the Black Sea.
Read moreFraud Probe Uncovers Secret Tillerson Emails on Climate Change
New York’s attorney general says he has tied Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to at least seven years’ worth of messages about climate change that the former ExxonMobil CEO apparently sent from a secret email account.
Read moreExxon Mobil’s Rex Tillerson Confirmed as Secretary of State
Former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson won approval by the Senate on Wednesday to serve as secretary of state under President Donald Trump.
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