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https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2016/05/24/suzanne-mccarron-exxon-proud-of-its-role-in-climate-change-dialogue/
OPINION
Suzanne McCarron: Exxon proud of its role in climate change dialogue
A fuel cell used to capture and sequester carbon emissions, at the headquarters of FuelCell...
A fuel cell used to capture and sequester carbon emissions, at the headquarters of FuelCell Energy. Exxon Mobil tightened an existing relationship with FuelCell in hopes of taking the fuel cell technology from the lab to the market. ( CHRISTOPHER CAPOZZIELLO - NYT )
By dallasnews Administrator
May 24, 2016
Society is engaged in an important dialogue about the risks of climate change. Exxon Mobil Corp. is proud of the role it plays in thoughtfully addressing this issue while providing vital services and products to consumers across the globe.
At the heart of the climate change discussion are twin concerns. First, how to provide the world with affordable and reliable energy to enable modern living standards. Second, how to prudently mitigate the risks of climate change at the lowest possible cost to society.
The recent Paris Agreement, in which the overwhelming majority of nations pledged to take actions to address greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change, was an important step forward.
Indeed, our forecast sees carbon dioxide emissions peaking globally around the year 2030. Our analysis, and those of independent agencies, nonetheless confirm the view that all viable energy sources will be essential for expanding economies and rising living standards.
The company considers a wide range of potential variables in its business and investment planning, with a long time horizon. These include advancement of low-carbon intensity technologies and anticipation of government policy to restrict carbon emissions, such as the commitments made in the Paris agreement.
In fact, we have included a proxy price on carbon in our business planning since 2007 to enable an analysis of its effect on investment opportunities. The proxy cost, which in some regions may approach $80 per ton, seeks to reflect all types of actions and policies that governments may take with respect to carbon-based fuels.
Exxon’s business has always been rooted in a long-term perspective. A few concrete examples illustrate this point.
For starters, Exxon is the country’s top producer of natural gas. Our investments in additional natural gas production during the past decade were driven in part by a recognition of the value and benefits of this fuel source in an increasingly carbon-constrained world.
And these investments are yielding positive results, helping facilitate a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power sector as utilities adopt this lower emitting source.
On the technology front, we are advancing carbon capture and storage technologies with the potential to reduce significantly the cost of lowering emissions. And through partnerships with leading universities and research institutions, we are researching development of the next generation of biofuels that could reduce emissions without competing with food and water resources.
For many years we have been deploying technology to reduce emissions in our operations and helping our customers reduce them, too, by improving efficiency. Our cogeneration facilities alone eliminate 6 million metric tons of greenhouse gases each year. All told, Exxon has spent $7 billion to develop lower-emission energy solutions during the last fifteen years.
As policymakers develop mechanisms to meet the Paris goals, they should focus on reducing the greatest amount of emissions at the lowest cost to society. To do so, they should ensure a uniform and predictable cost of carbon, allow market prices to drive solutions, maximize transparency to stakeholders, reduce administrative complexity, promote global participation and easily adjust to future developments in climate science and policy consequences. Of the policy options being considered by governments, we believe a revenue-neutral carbon tax is the best – a position we first took more than seven years ago.
We appreciate that many of our shareholders care deeply about the risk of climate change. We have benefitted from constructive dialogue with our shareholders as we have developed our approach to investment, research, technology and policy. We urge that our collective efforts be focused on pursuing and advancing constructive solutions, while recognizing the dual challenge before us all.
Suzanne McCarron is vice president of public and government affairs for Exxon Mobil Corp. Twitter: @SuzanneMcCarron
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2017 100 influencers
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ExxonMobil
@suzannemccarron
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Leading communications efforts for Exxon Mobil has never been the easiest job in the PR business—from the Exxon Valdez disaster to its role in global warming denial, the company’s recent history has been controversial to say the least, though it may have gotten a little easier now that former CEO Rex Tillerson is secretary of state. And having spent nearly two decades—she joined in 1998—with the company, Suzanne McCarron could not have been better-prepared for the challenge.
McCarron is responsible for the company's public and government affairs activities for all of operations in the upstream, downstream and chemical sectors worldwide: government relations, global corporate positioning, NGO outreach, external and internal communications strategy development, and media relations.
In her capacity as president of the ExxonMobil Foundation, meanwhile, McCarron has responsibility for the philanthropic arm of the company, which provides funding to improve basic education, promote women as catalysts for economic development, and combat malaria and other infectious diseases in developing countries. She is also a member of The ExxonMobil Foundation Board of Trustees and Chair of ExxonMobil's women's economic opportunity initiative.
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ken cohen is retiring
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ken Cohen,vice president, Public and Government Affairs, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), has announced his intention to retire effective Jan. 1, 2016, after more than 38 years of service.
It is anticipated that the board of directors will elect Suzanne McCarron as vice president, Public and Government Affairs, Exxon Mobil Corporation. McCarron is currently general manager, Public and Government Affairs, and president, ExxonMobil Foundation, the primary philanthropic arm of the Exxon Mobil Corporation in the United States. The ExxonMobil Foundation is focused on creating economic opportunities for women, support for math and science education and efforts to combat malaria.
A native of Peoria, Illinois, Cohen joined Exxon USA in June 1977 in the Law Department, where he held a variety of staff assignments.In 1985, he became chief attorney, Refining, Environment and Health and in 1989 was named assistant general counsel at Exxon Company International. He became senior counsel and coordinator, Exxon Corporation Law Department, in 1991 and in 1995 became general counsel, Exxon Chemical Company. He was named to his current position in November 1999.
Cohen, who will reach the mandatory retirement age of 65 in January, is a director of National Math And Science Initiative, Inc., a member of numerous professional associations, serves on the board of Directors of the Teagle Foundation and is a national trustee of Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
He was an assistant professor of law at Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis. He earned his LL.M. from Yale Law School, where he was a Sterling Fellow. Cohen did his undergraduate study at Northwestern University and earned his J.D. degree from Baylor Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Baylor Law Review.
Originally from Canada, McCarron joined Mobil Canada as public affairs manager in 1998. She held several management positions with increasing responsibilities in Public and Government Affairs at Exxon Mobil Corporation headquarters, including manager of Communications and manager of Corporate Public Affairs, before moving to her current position in 2008.
McCarron has a master's degree in journalism from University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, and a Bachelor of Public Affairs from Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Suzanne M. McCarron is the Vice President of Public and Government Affairs for Exxon Mobil Corporation. She has worldwide responsibility for the Company's activities in the areas of government relations, communications, media relations, global community relations and corporate branding and advertising. She also is Chairman of the ExxonMobil Foundation, the primary philanthropic arm of the Exxon Mobil Corporation in the United States.
Previously, Ms. McCarron was the General Manager of Public and Government Affairs and President of the ExxonMobil Foundation. She joined the company in 1998.
A native of Prince Edward Island, Canada, Ms. McCarron has a master’s degree in journalism from The University of Western Ontario and a bachelor’s in public affairs from Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Ms. McCarron serves as a member of the Defeating Malaria Board at Harvard University. She also is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
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http://exxonknew.org/exposing-exxons-lies/
Exxon lies a lot in public.
So we think it’s worthwhile to go through their public statements and shed light on their lies. Because Exxon knew about climate change in the 1970’s, and they’ve denied and muddied climate science ever since.
Click on the yellow text below to see the truth about Exxon.
Exxon Blog Reponse The coordinated attack on ExxonMobil:{Published on Exxon’s blog, ExxonMobile Perspectives (April 20, 2016)
}:Written by SuzanneMcCarron, Exxon’s VP of Public and Government Affairs
Recent days have seen the publication of a number of news reports that offer an eye-opening look at a campaign of misinformation about ExxonMobil’s history of climate research.
That campaign has led directly to investigations by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and like-minded officials in other jurisdictions.
The stories unfolding over the past week have been reported by The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, U.S. News & World Report, theWashington Free Beacon, Reuters, Energy in Depth, National Review,and others. They tell a tale that is disturbing in what it says about journalism, the law, and our nation’s discussions on the most important public policy issues.
One particularly troubling item that was publicly exposed in recent days providesevidence of a secret meeting in January of environmental activists and plaintiff’s attorneys to coordinate strategy for an assault on ExxonMobil’s reputation.["summit?]
Leading the list of subjects for discussion was this: “To establish in public’s mind that Exxon is a corrupt institution that has pushed humanity (and all creation) toward climate chaos and grave harm.”
In taking aim at our corporation, these activists and trial lawyers are attacking nearly 75,000 dedicated men and women who work to provide the sources of energy that are vital to a functioning economy. And they are taking aim at the millions of shareholders who own ExxonMobil stock.
Ultimately, however, the effort to demonize ExxonMobil distracts from what is truly important – providing the energy supplies to power the future while coming up with technological solutions that address the risks posed by climate change.
There’s a meaningful dialogue to be had on climate change, one that focuses on collaborative actions and the search for solutions. We have been in that conversation for several decades. Our critics, on the other hand, want no part of that discussion. Rather, they seek to stifle free speech and limit scientific inquiry while painting a false picture of ExxonMobil.
If they were truly interested in finding realistic answers to the dual challenge of providing energy needed for modern life and protecting the environment, they would welcome debate and open discussion. They would not be trying to exclude and silence the innovation, creativity, and brilliant ideas that thousands of scientists at ExxonMobil and other energy companies have to offer.
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Wall Street Journal Article Exxon Fires Back at Climate-Change Probe:{:{Published in the}::{ }::{Wall Street Journal (April 13, 2016)}:
}:Written by Amy Harder, Devlin Barrett and Bradley Olson
Exxon Mobil Corp. went to court Wednesday to challenge a government investigation of whether the company conspired to cover up its understanding of climate change, a sign the energy company is gearing up for a drawn-out legal battle with environmentalists and officials on the politically charged issue.
The company filed court papers in Texas seeking to block a subpoena issued in March by the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands, one of several government officials pursuing Exxon. Wednesday’s filing argues that the subpoena is an unwarranted fishing expedition into Exxon’s internal records that violates its constitutional rights.
“The chilling effect of this inquiry, which discriminates based on viewpoint to target one side of an ongoing policy debate, strikes at protected speech at the core of the First Amendment,” the filing says.
Exxon also dismisses the notion that there is any suggestion of a crime, saying Attorney General Claude Earl Walker “issued the subpoena without the reasonable suspicion required by law and based on an ulterior motive to silence those who express views on climate change with which they disagree.”
A request for comment to the U.S. Virgin Islands’ attorney general’s office wasn’t immediately returned.
In the subpoena, the U.S. Virgin Islands told Exxon it could be violating two state laws, by purportedly obtaining money under false pretenses and conspiring to do so.
Both sides see this as a pivotal moment in a growing campaign by environmentalists to deploy a legal strategy used against tobacco companies in the 1990s by arguing that oil companies have long hidden what they know about climate change. Tobacco firms’ finances and credibility were badly damaged by lawsuits accusing them of hiding the truth about their products.
A key meeting in the new push unfolded inJanuary behind the closed doors of a Manhattan office building. The session brought together about a dozen people, including Kenny Bruno, a veteran of environmental campaigns, andBill McKibben, founder of 350.org, two activists who helped lead the successful fight to block the Keystone XL pipeline.
The new campaign’s goals include “to establish in public’s mind that Exxon is a corrupt institution that has pushed humanity (and all creation) toward climate chaos and grave harm,” according to an agenda of the meeting viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
This new legal strategy stems in part from environmentalists’ frustration at what they see as the inadequacy of recent climate deals. Their hope is to encourage state attorneys general and the U.S. Justice Department to launch investigations and lawsuits that ultimately will change Exxon’s behavior, force it to pay big damages and drive public attention to climate change.
“It’s about helping the larger public understand the urgencies of finding climate solutions,” said Lee Wasserman, director of the Rockefeller Family Fund, which hosted the January meeting. “It’s not really about Exxon.”
Exxon and its supporters dismiss the comparison with tobacco. Cigarettes are a harmful, addictive product used by a portion of the public, they say, while fossil fuels are fundamental to the world economy.
In Wednesday’s filing, Exxon’s lawyers say the company has confirmed for more than a decade that it sees the risks of climate change, and that it has publicly advocated for a carbon tax as the best way to regulate carbon emissions.
A key part of the activists’ strategy is to seek documents that show otherwise: that Exxon, despite knowing the dangers of climate change, has sought to challenge the scientific consensus. Such revelations would help “delegitimize [Exxon] as a political actor,” the January agenda said.
In a twist, the initiative is set to be bankrolled partly by the heirs of John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Exxon’s forebear, Standard Oil. The Rockefeller Family Fund has signaled it will help fund the campaign through its existing backing of 350.org, though it hasn’t provided a figure.
Wednesday’s filing is Exxon’s first legal salvo in what could be a long war, since at least four state attorneys general have launched investigations and a dozen others have signaled they might.
None has been as aggressive as New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who subpoenaed Exxon in November seeking information about the company’s research on climate change over several decades. Exxon hasn’t challenged that subpoena, partly because a New York law called the Martin Act gives Mr. Schneiderman wide latitude to investigate businesses for possible fraud or misrepresentation.
The new legal theory has yet to gain momentum within the Justice Department, according to officials familiar with internal discussions. But after prodding by lawmakers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting a preliminary review.
The issue also has seeped into the political arena. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton has called for an investigation of Exxon, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.), pressed U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the matter at a recent congressional hearing.
The activists are focusing on internal Exxon documents that have surfaced in news outlets—including in publications or investigative projects that were funded partly by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Rockefeller Family Fund, which favor strong climate action. The media outlets involved—the Los Angeles Times and InsideClimate News—have said the reporting was done without influence by the funding sources.
The activists’ biggest challenge may be to establish clear culpability for global warming. Millions of individuals contribute with their use of fossil fuels, while national governments have done little despite knowing the risks, said David Uhlmann, a University of Michigan law professor and former federal environmental crimes prosecutor.
“Exxon should have been far more forthright about the risks associated with climate change, but all of us are culpable for our collective failure to change,” Mr. Uhlmann said. “The likelihood that these investigations will lead to significant damages are small.”
But Sharon Eubanks, who led the tobacco litigation during the Clinton and Bush administrations and attended the January meeting, said she believes a lawsuit by the government against Exxon is viable under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. RICO allows the government to pursue civil lawsuits against a people or entities working in concert to violate the law.
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}:Despite what divestment activists say, ExxonMobil is searching for climate solutions:{
}:_Published in the Los Angeles Times (March 14, 2016)
Written by Suzanne McCarron, Exxon’s VP of Public and Government Affairs
ExxonMobil recognizes the risks posed by climate change. We believe that everyone — including oil and gas companies — should be engaged in meaningful action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Based on recent media coverage of our company however, you could be forgiven if you found this surprising. A coordinated public relations campaign is under way against ExxonMobil, which is misleading the public by accusing us of hiding what we knew about climate change and working against climate science. Sadly, the Los Angeles Times is one of the leading publications to repeat these accusations, having published an op-ed article recently (among other pieces to have run in the paper) by a Rockefeller heir supporting the divestment campaign against ExxonMobil.
At ExxonMobil, we’re proud of our history of science and technology research, and this includes our work in addressing climate change. Since the 1970s, we have openly and publicly researched and discussed the risks of climate change, carbon life-cycle analysis and emissions reductions. Our work has resulted in nearly 150 publicly available papers, including more than 50 peer-reviewed publications. We have worked alongside other top scientists and participated in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since its inception in 1988, including serving as co-authors for the organization’s climate assessments. [NOTE NO NAMES? WHAT HAPPEED TO THOSE GUYS AND THEIR RESEARCH?] We continue to be active, public participants in the scientific community’s search for solutions.
The fact is, in the last decade, ExxonMobil has spent billions of dollars to research and develop new energy technologies, as well as find ways to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and environmental footprint. We employ 2,200 PhD scientists and engineers, and more than 5,000 people at our global research and technology divisions. And we have joined with more than 80 universities around the world to research lower-emission technologies.
Let me share a few examples of ExxonMobil’s contributions to emissions reduction:
ExxonMobil, and our subsidiary XTO Energy, have been instrumental in the “shale revolution” that has enabled U.S. gas production to rise by close to 45% since 2005. Increased availability of natural gas,which emits up to 60% less carbon dioxide than coal when burned to generate electricity, is a big reason America’s greenhouse gas emissions have declined to levels not seen since the 1990s.
ExxonMobil scientists and engineers have pioneered nearly 300 patents for technologies that boost efficiency and cut emissions. We are actively researching solutions that could play a major role in emissions reduction in the decades to come, such as carbon capture and sequestration, and biofuels developed from advanced sources such as algae.
Advanced plastics made by ExxonMobil’s chemical company are promoting sustainability and reducing energy use. Auto parts built from strong-but-lightweight plastics made using oil and gas will help make cars 80% more fuel-efficient by 2040.
Given all of this, the recent accusations against ExxonMobil make no sense — that is, until you learn that the anti-ExxonMobil campaign, and the supposedly unbiased media reports it rests upon, is in fact funded by groups actively opposed to the use of oil and natural gas. Some of the leaders of this campaign believe the best way to address climate change is to divest oil and gas company shares or to engage in other gestures intended to demonize an industry helping people around the world enjoy access to modern energy sources and rising living standards.
ExxonMobil fundamentally disagrees with that vision.
Our vision is one in which technological innovations continue to improve people’s quality of life around the world while reducing climate change risks.
Government policies have an important role to play in addressing climate risks, provided those policies are effective and fair. Not all of them are. ExxonMobil spoke out against the Kyoto Protocol in the 1990s because, among other things, it would have exempted two-thirds of the world’s emitters. And we opposed ill-conceived cap-and-trade programs in the 2000s, some of which would have exempted coal.
We support efforts by nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. When governments are considering policy options, ExxonMobil believes a revenue-neutral carbon tax is the most effective way to manage carbon emissions.
By 2040, the world’s population will have risen to 9 billion and global energy demand will be about 25% higher than it is today. ExxonMobil is confident in mankind’s ability to meet this energy challenge, while also improving efficiency and deploying lower-emitting technologies. In the decades to come, we will continue to advance energy solutions that are affordable, reliable and scalable. And we will continue to support policies that can reduce emissions while enabling continued economic progress.
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anew coalition of state attorneys general gave vocal notice to fossil fuel companies on Tuesday that obfuscating the realities of climate change has put ExxonMobil and its peers under the searchlight of a broadening multistate investigation.
Announcing an alliance of top state law enforcement officers to press for urgent climate action on multiple legal fronts, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was joined by six of his counterparts, their ranks bolstered by aides from nine additional states and the District of Columbia. The group met in New York to plan strategies and share information.
one after another, the top legal officials from Vermont, Virginia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut and the Virgin Islands vowed to hold fossil fuel companies accountable if their words and deeds on climate change had crossed into illegality.
“The First Amendment, ladies and gentlemen, does not give you the right to commit fraud,” said Schneiderman,who in November issued a subpoena to ExxonMobil under the state’s far-reaching securities and consumer protection statutes.
“Every attorney general does work on fraud cases, and we are pursuing this as we would any other fraud matter. You have to tell the truth, you can’t make misrepresentations of the kinds we’ve seen here,” he said on Tuesday. “The scope of the problem we are facing, the size of the corporate entities and their alliances, the trade associations and other groups, is massive and it requires a multistate effort.”
Attorney General Maura Healey of Massachusetts explicitly disclosed that she, too, has opened an investigation into ExxonMobil’s actions and statements involving climate change. Attorney General Claude Walker of the Virgin Islands said he had launched a fossil fuel investigation as
well. Schneiderman later suggested that it involved Exxon, and also said that California has undertaken a probe of Exxon, although that state’s attorney general, Kamala Harris, was represented by staff.
All of those attorneys general are Democrats, and as the group stood at a podium bearing the words “AGs United for Clean Power” they made clear that their agenda also extended to supporting the centerpiece of President Obama’s climate policies, the Clean Power Plan. The group wrote a brief defending those regulations, which have been put on hold by the Supreme Court pending litigation at a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.
“Everyone from President Obama on down is under a relentless assault from well-funded, highly aggressive and morally vacant forces that are trying to block every step by the federal government to take meaningful action,” Schneiderman said. “So today we are sending a message that at least some of us, actually a lot of us, in state government are prepared to step into this battle with an unprecedented level of commitment and coordination.”
“If there are companies—whether utilities or fossil fuel companies—committing fraud in an effort to maximize their short-term profit at the expense of the people we represent,” he continued, “we want to find out about it and want to expose it and we want to pursue them to the fullest extent of the law, prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.”
Schneiderman has demanded that Exxon turn over documents on climate science research and communications covering a span of almost four decades. He acted after InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times disclosed decades-old documents describing Exxon’s early understanding of the emerging science of climate change.
“The investigations targeting our company threaten to have a chilling effect on private sector research,” Exxon’s vice president of public and government affairs, Suzanne McCarron, said in a lengthy statement on its website. The company also responded on Twitter, saying the allegations of climate deceit are “preposterous” and “politically motivated and baseless,” and that it is assessing its legal options.
.@exxonmobil is assessing all legal options re: false claims by state AGs https://t.co/xNqzTI7CmH #Exxonknew
— ExxonMobil (@exxonmobil) March 29, 2016
The attorneys general were joined by former vice president Al Gore,who predicted that the formation of their alliance would be a turning point.
“We cannot continue to allow the fossil fuel industry or any industry to treat our atmosphere like an open sewer or mislead the public about the impact they have on the health of our people and the health of our planet,” Gore said.
“Those who are using unfair and illegal means to try to prevent the change are likely now, finally, at long last, to be held to account,” he said.
Gore compared the activities of Exxon to the tobacco industry in the 1990s, conduct that also faced a legal onslaught sparked by state attorneys general.
It’s a similarity that Gore said “may well hold up rather precisely.”
Gore and Schneiderman called it unconscionable that the fossil fuel industry has spent millions of dollars on polished public relations campaigns to muddle the truth, employing legions of lobbyists to stymie regulation and financing organizations devoted to discrediting prevailing climate science.
For all the saber-rattling, the attorneys general did not describe any specifics of their investigations. Schneiderman noted that each state’s laws and powers are different, and said that law enforcement officials preferred not to show their hands, at least for now.
Nor was there any sign of federal participation in the alliance.
Demands for a federal investigation of Exxon have come from federal and state lawmakers, the Democratic presidential candidates, environmentalists and climate scientists. So far, the U. S. Department of Justice has asked the FBI to evaluate whether the company’s actions might justify legal action under RICO, the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, which is aimed at illegal conspiracies.
In his remarks, Gore praised InsideClimate News and cited the L.A. Times and the Columbia School of Journalism for their investigative reporting that, after independent investigations, reached similar conclusions about Exxon’s role in climate research and its attempts to undermine the consensus on climate science.
“The facts that were publicly presented in those series of articles that I have mentioned are extremely troubling,” Gore said.
Schneiderman said he was not surprised that Exxon and the fossil fuel industry would fight back.
“It’s too early to know what we’re going to find with Exxon, but we intend to work as aggressively as possible, but also as carefully as possible,” he said.
“We’re very aware of the fact that everything we do here is going to be subject to attack by folks who have a huge financial interest in discrediting us,” he said. “So we’re going to be aggressive and creative but we’re also going to be as careful and meticulous and deliberate as we can.”
All of the attorneys general talked about the impact of climate change on their states, including flooding, severe weather and sea level rise. Climate change is already responsible for significant and worsening damages, they said.
“Our natural resources are the lifeblood of our state’s economy and our quality of life,” said Attorney General Janet Mills of Maine, who was not at the podium but issued a supportive statement. “Global climate change demands immediate action and I am committed to using the authority of my office to address the problem in a meaningful way.”
The speakers faulted partisan politics in Washington for slowing efforts to fight global warming and for allowing the fossil fuel industry almost free rein to deceive the public about the harm of global warming.
“We can stand up and take action where others will not,” said Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen.
The full press conference is here:...
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