On Friday, it was revealed that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission would drop its investigation into ExxonMobil for the company’s “climate change risk disclosure” to investors. This means the SEC decided against trying to penalize the company over its disclosures and how it accounted for oil and gas assets. There is a fulsome record compiled […]
Former Washington State Attorney General Speaks Out Against Climate Lawsuits
Ken Eikenberry, former Washington state attorney general, published an opinion editorial in the Dallas Morning News, detailing how environmental activists, deep-pocketed donors, trial lawyers and ambitious politicians have targeted the energy industry a tightly coordinated campaign. Eikenberry notes, “The narrative of an organic movement of environmental defenders taking on Big Oil has been depicted by […]
Who Stands With Schneiderman? (Part 13)
Even after he resigned in disgrace are state Attorneys General still on board with disgraced former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s pursuit of political opponents? Today, we see that the Minnesota Office of Attorney General, which signed on to the purported ‘Common Interest Agreement’ — disregarded so far by the home courts of both ringleaders’ […]