Legal Opinion
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Attorney General
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 13, 2018No. SJC-12376PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.
*790 **313 In 2015, news reporters released internal documents from Exxon Mobil Corporation (Exxon) purporting to show that the company knew, long before the general public, that emissions from fossil fuels-Exxon's principal product-contributed to global warming and climate change, and that in order to avoid the consequences of climate change it would be necessary to reduce drastically global fossil fuel consumption. The documents also purported to establish that despite Exxon's knowledge of climate risks, the company failed to disclose that knowledge to the public, and instead sought to…
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