Exxon Mobil Accused of Misleading Public on Climate Change Risks
More than 40 of the nation’s leading environmental and social justice groups demanded a federal investigation of Exxon Mobil on Friday, accusing the huge oil and gas company of deceiving the American public about the risks of climate change to protect its profits.
In a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the groups, citing recent news reports, suggested that Exxon Mobil might be guilty of the same kind of fraud that the tobacco companies were found to have perpetrated when they hid the risks of smoking. Those violations ultimately cost the companies tens of billions of dollars in penalties.
The call for an investigation echoes demands made in recent days by three Democratic presidential candidates, including Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders, and by several Democrats in Congress.
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... then it might also cause other people to stop, think and change their behaviour.
No, it isn't going to affect CO2 levels in itself but it can not only satisfy the cries for
justice (or the primal urge for revenge is you prefer) but will enable more people to
wake up and start bringing their focus to bear on things beyond "growth", "profit"
and the usual daily shit in which we are drowning.
I understand what you mean but still think it is a "good thing".
