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 moreNew 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 moreFossil-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 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 moreAn 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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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 moreExxon 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 moreA 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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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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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 moreThe 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 moreNew 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 moreFormer Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson won approval by the Senate on Wednesday to serve as secretary of state under President Donald Trump.
Read moreIn a virtual confirmation, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Monday sent ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson’s nomination as secretary of state to the full Senate by an 11-10 party-line vote.
Read moreRussian state-owned Rosneft is the latest oil giant to factor into the potentially billion-dollar award ConocoPhillips anticipates from Venezuela’s national oil company.
Read moreRex Tillerson faced mild questioning at the Senate Wednesday morning on President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of the former Exxon Mobil CEO to serve as U.S. secretary of state.
Read moreRex Tillerson, the nominee of President-elect Donald Trump for secretary of state, is severing ties with Exxon Mobil through a $180 million retirement package one week before his Senate confirmation hearing begins.
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