Exxon 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 documents available to an inquiry investigating whether the firm misled investors about its exposure to climate change risks. Exxon has now requested injunctions against two such subpoenas – the second of which was issued by Massachusetts. The first is from Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey, who on Friday asked for Exxon’s records relating to “any and all communications with or references to” scientists at Harvard University, where researchers have been
Exxon 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 documents available to an inquiry investigating whether the firm misled investors about its exposure to climate change risks. Exxon has now requested injunctions against two such subpoenas – the second of which was issued by Massachusetts. A group of state attorneys general announced in March that they would pursue Exxon for allegedly violating securities law for misrepresenting the threat of climate change and the company’s response to it.