FILE PHOTO: An airplane comes in for a landing above an Exxon sign at a gas station in the Chicago suburb of Norridge, Illinois, U.S., October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young
October 24, 2019
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge on Thursday gave the state’s attorney general the greenlight to sue Exxon Mobil Corp “ASAP” over allegations it concealed from investors and consumers its knowledge of the role fossil fuels play in climate change.
The ruling was a setback for Exxon, which had sought to delay the filing of the long-expected lawsuit by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey until after an ongoing trial over similar claims by New York’s attorney general came to a close.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Chris Reese)
