The investigation mirrors California’s previous probes into the oil industry’s alleged efforts to mislead the public about climate change, which the state is also suing over
The investigation mirrors California’s previous probes into the oil industry’s alleged efforts to mislead the public about climate change, which the state is also suing over. The state has a long-standing adversarial relationship with Big Oil.
Once a major crude supplier, California’s oil production has declined steadily for almost four decades, with companies saying the regulatory environment makes it a difficult place to invest.
Exxon rival Chevron Corp, a strong critic of California’s policies , said this year it plans to move its headquarters to oil friendly Texas from the state where it was founded.
A coalition of environmental groups including the Sierra Club filed a related lawsuit in the same state court in San Francisco, raising similar allegations against Exxon.
Bonta, a Democrat, said his office specifically had sought information on Exxon’s promotion of its “advanced recycling” technology, which uses a process called pyrolysis to turn hard-to-recycle plastic into fuel.
