Horrible. Quote: “”The lawsuit targets the role the American Petroleum Institute (API) has played in the fossil fuel industry’s climate deception conspiracy, building on previous complaints by the states of Delaware, Minnesota, and New Jersey; the District of Columbia; and five cities and counties. UCS’s 2015 Climate Deception Dossiers—cited in California’s complaint—highlighted an infamous 1998 internal API memo that outlined a roadmap to cultivate purportedly independent scientists as climate disinformers, confuse the public about climate science, and derail climate policies.””
“”…Scope 3 emissions from burning its products, which account for about 85 percent of the total emissions attributable to [ExxonMobil].”” In other words, most of ExxonMobil’s emissions are not from ExxonMobil itself; the products ExxonMobil sells are causing the emissions and these products must be counted in ExxonMobil’s total emissions. That makes them a huge polluter when Scope 3 emissions are included. Including Scope 3 emissions forces emissions producers to be responsible for the emissions of their own products.
California Advances Corporate Climate Accountability Amid New Evidence of ExxonMobil’s Deception