Air Pollution
A federal court in Texas ordered ExxonMobil to pay more than $14 million in Clean Air Act civil penalties for pollution from its petroleum and petrochemical complex in Baytown, Texas.
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Nigeria Issues Arrest Warrant Against ExxonMobil Boss
A Nigerian court has approved an arrest warrant against the head of ExxonMobil Nigeria for alleged fraud, local law enforcement said.
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Feds Ordered to Pay $20.3M for Wartime Pollution Cleanup
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the United States to pay ExxonMobil $20.3 million and a share of future remediation costs, resolving a dispute over who should foot the bills for cleaning up pollution from jet fuel production for World War II and the Korean War.
Read moreExxon and Ukraine
A federal judge granted ExxonMobil summary judgment against the U.S. Treasury Department’s $2 million fine, for allegedly violating Ukraine-related sanctions regulations.
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Exxon Prevails in Fraud Suit Over Climate Change
A judge found oil colossus Exxon not guilty of fraud Tuesday, saying the New York attorney general had failed to prove it lied to investors over the real impact of climate change.
Read moreNew York Pares Back Exxon Fraud Case as Trial Concludes
New York dropped half of its fraud case against ExxonMobil Thursday during closing arguments of a trial where the energy titan is accused of misleading investors about how climate change regulation would shake up profits.
Read moreRex Tillerson Tied to Climate Report at Exxon Fraud Trial
In a securities fraud lawsuit brought by New York, former Exxon CEO and ex-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testified in court Wednesday that the energy giant’s leaders sought a full understanding of how new climate regulations would affect its bottom line.
Read moreExxon Faces Two-Front War With Massachusetts Suit
As Exxon battles New York on charges that its climate change naysaying amounts to securities fraud, Massachusetts fired off its own suit Thursday accusing the oil giant of misleading investors.
Read moreExxon Faces Scrutiny in Congress as New York Trial Unfolds
As Exxon faces trial in New York on accusations of misleading investors about how climate change would affect profits, House lawmakers on Wednesday signaled the fossil-fuel giant could soon come into their crosshairs as well as experts testified about the company’s history of suppressing environmental science.
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Ex-Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson Under Spotlight in Climate-Fraud Trial Opening
Four years in the making, a trial to determine whether Exxon must pay heavily for misleading shareholders about how the climate crisis would affect its bottom line began with a political splash Tuesday afternoon.
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Exxon Trial Probes How Oil Giant Accounts for Climate Change
New York’s attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of lying to investors about how profitable the company will remain as governments impose stricter regulations to combat global warming.
Read moreExxonMobil to Divest Norwegian Assets for $4.2 Billion
U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil will sell its assets in Norway to Norwegian company Var Energi, owned by Italian Eni, for $4.2 billion, the newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv reported.
Read moreExxon Files Suit Over Cuban Revolution Land Grab
In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, ExxonMobil alleged that Cuban entities have been using and profiting off of its property in Cuba, which was seized by Fidel Castro’s regime in 1960.
Read moreCyprus: ExxonMobil Finds 3rd Biggest Gas Deposit in 2 Years
ExxonMobil has made the world’s third-biggest gas find in the last two years off the cost of Cyprus, the country’s government said Thursday.
Read moreNY AG Pulls Trigger on Climate Suit Claiming Exxon Knew
After nearly three years of investigation, New York’s attorney general pulled the trigger Wednesday on a fraud complaint against Exxon that is seen as the climate-change equivalent to the lawsuit that tamed Big Tobacco.
Read moreFeds Must Help Exxon Pay for Wartime Pollution
Uncle Sam must cover some of Exxon Mobil’s cleanup costs for jet fuel and gasoline produced for World War II and the Korean War, a federal judge ruled, rejecting the government’s contention that the oil giant’s claims are time-barred.
Read moreExxon 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.
Read moreExxon 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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