The state of California is suing ExxonMobil, alleging that the company misled the public about the effectiveness of recycling plastic products and contributed to pollution.
California's Democratic Attorney General, Rob Bonta, Litigation The lawsuit against ExxonMobil was filed in San Francisco County Superior Court, alleging that the company engaged in a “decades-long campaign of deception that created and exacerbated the global plastic pollution crisis.” ExxonMobil is one of America's largest companies in the oil and gas industry, as well as a leading manufacturer of chemicals and other inputs used in making plastic products. According to To the Washington Post.
“For decades, ExxonMobil has deceived the public into believing that recycling plastics would solve our plastic waste and pollution crisis, but it is clear that this is not possible,” Bonta said in a statement about the lawsuit on Monday. “ExxonMobil has [record]”It could be taking profits at the expense of the planet and putting our health at risk.” (Related article: California regulators propose government takeover of oil refineries to avoid energy crisis)
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California filed suit against ExxonMobil the day after Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law banning plastic bags from stores, aligning the new lawsuit against the oil, gas and petrochemical giant with “climate sabotage.” Litigation Many of the lawsuits filed in Democratic-majority areas in recent years allege that large companies like Exxon Mobil misled the public about the climate change impacts of their products and should be held accountable.
Bonta is Rumored He has expressed interest in running for governor to replace Governor Newsom, who is term-limited in 2026, but the Attorney General recently said The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Bonta won't announce his intention to run until after the November election. Environmental groups including the Sierra Club and Baykeeper plan to participate in an online press conference hosted by Bonta's office on Monday to discuss the new lawsuit, according to the attorney general's office.
Judith Enck, a former Obama Environmental Protection Agency official who now runs an activist group called Beyond Plastics, praised Bonta for filing the lawsuit.
“This is the most significant lawsuit ever filed against the plastics industry, which has persistently lied about plastic recycling,” Enck said. said In a statement Monday, “Attorney General Bonta is leading the way toward corporate accountability and a cleaner, healthier world, and this case will set a valuable precedent for other companies to follow.”
Steve Milloy, a senior legal fellow at the Energy and Environmental Law Institute, slammed the lawsuit in a Monday post on “X,” the platform formerly known as Twitter.
“The communist failure that is California is a place where radical environmentalists are suing ExxonMobil because they lied to everyone about the feasibility of recycling,” Milloy said. Written in his post.
ExxonMobil and Bonta's office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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