"Exxon is exploiting a unique Texas courthouse procedure to intimidate global warming activists."
Columnist @hiltzikm explains: latimes.com/business/story…
Columnist @hiltzikm explains: latimes.com/business/story…
Exxon Mobil asserted in court that Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina and his city have been engaged in a nearly decade-long conspiracy to stifle its 1st Amendment free-speech rights.
“That’s a claim that should make you go, ‘Hmm,’” @hiltzikm writes. latimes.com/business/story…
“That’s a claim that should make you go, ‘Hmm,’” @hiltzikm writes. latimes.com/business/story…
Exxon Mobil is attempting to use “a bizarre Texas courthouse rule allowing a would-be litigant to demand depositions and documents from potential targets without first filing a lawsuit,” @hiltzikm writes. latimes.com/business/story…
The oil company has asked the Texas courts to order compliance from Dedina and 14 other California municipal officials. latimes.com/business/story…
What put them on Exxon Mobil’s enemies list is that they represent California cities and counties that have sued Exxon Mobil and other oil companies over the consequences of global warming, which stems from the burning of the companies’ products. latimes.com/business/story…
“We’ve been wrecked financially because we’ve been devastated by coastal flooding,” said Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina.
“We’re paying the cost of coastal flooding that the fossil fuel companies caused and lied about.” latimes.com/business/story…
“We’re paying the cost of coastal flooding that the fossil fuel companies caused and lied about.” latimes.com/business/story…
“The oil company’s demands for depositions and documents are part of a long campaign by the fossil fuel industry to harass and intimidate its critics rather than meeting their criticisms head-on.”
From columnist @hiltzikm: latimes.com/business/story…
From columnist @hiltzikm: latimes.com/business/story…
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