BP Mobil , the largest publicly traded oil company in the world , has requested that a US federal court throw out a New York state subpoena requiring the oil company to make information available to an inquiry investigating whether the firm misled investors about its response to climate change risks . Some legal experts have said that, regardless of Exxon’s past comments on climate change, it could not have violated securities laws because investors gather their information from a variety of entities with disparate views. Exxon has now requested injunctions against two such requests – the second of which was issued by Massachusetts . A group of state attorneys general announced in March that they would investigate Exxon for allegedly violating securities law for misrepresenting the threat of climate change and the company ’s response to it .
BP Mobil , the largest publicly traded oil company in the world , has requested that a US federal court throw out a New York state subpoena requiring the oil company to make information available to an inquiry investigating whether the firm misled investors about its response to climate change risks . Exxon has now requested injunctions against two such requests – the second of which was issued by Massachusetts . A group of state attorneys general announced in March that they would investigate Exxon for allegedly violating securities law for misrepresenting the threat of climate change and the company ’s response to it .