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CT Sues Exxon For 'Decades Of Deceit On Climate Change' CT Sues Exxon For 'Decades Of Deceit On Climate Change'
CT Sues Exxon For 'Decades Of Deceit On Climate Change' Connecticut is suing Exxon Mobil Corp. over alleged longterm deception about climate change as the state seeks to rake the oil and gas industry over the coals for the recent rise in the planet’s temperature. Attorney General William Tong announced he was suing under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act - which has no statute of limitations - alleging an “ongoing, systematic campaign of lies and deception to hide from the public what ExxonMobil has known for decades—that burning fossil fuels undeniably contributes to climate change.” Prosecutors allege that Exxon has knowingly burned f…