Law360: Maine Launches Climate Fraud Suit Against Oil Giants
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey slapped Exxon, Shell, Chevron and other oil giants with a complaint in state court Tuesday, echoing claims asserted by other states and municipalities across the country that the companies carried out a successful climate deception campaign for decades.
In his complaint, Frey accused the companies of failing to warn and deceiving Maine residents about the role their fossil fuel products have played in causing climate change, which he said has had a devastating consequence on Maine’s people, economy and environment, according to a statement from the Office of the Maine Attorney General on Tuesday.
“For over half a century, these companies chose to fuel profits instead of following their science to prevent what are now likely irreversible, catastrophic climate effects,” Frey said. “In so doing, they burdened the state and our citizens with the consequences of their greed and deception.”
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