Environmentalists have filed the first civil lawsuit against ExxonMobil for allegedly not accounting for climate change in maintaining oil storage facilities in the US.
The lawsuit has been brought regarding storage along the Mystic River in Massachusetts.
According to the Washington Examiner, the lawsuit is meant to build on a series of high-profile probes initiated this year by Democratic attorney general in New York and Massachusetts.
According to the Conservation Law Foundation, the investigation was started after seeing the Democratic AGs take action following previous reports.
The lawsuit is said to be based on two factors, “climate deciet” and Clean Water Act Violations associated with oil storage facilities in Everett.
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