Similar Stories to Exxonmobil Aims To Use A Radical Texas Law To Silence Its Critics—in California on Bing News

Michael Mechanic, Mother Jones
Tue, 01/18/2022 - 12:04pm

This story is published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of news outlets strengthening coverage of the climate story. ExxonMobil is attempting to use an unusual Texas law to target and intimidate its critics, claiming that lawsuits against the company over its long history of downplaying and denying the climate crisis violate the US constitution’s guarantees of free speech. The nation’s largest oil firm is asking the Texas supreme court to allow it to use the law, known as rule 202, to pursue legal action against more than a dozen California municipal officials.

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