California’s attorney general has subpoenaed Exxon for details relating to the company’s role in misleading the public and worsening plastics pollution.
California's attorney general on Thursday announced an investigation into the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries for allegedly overstating the role of recycling in curbing global plastic pollution and accelerating the crisis.
Attorney Gen. Rob Bonta said his office has subpoenaed Exxon Mobil for information relating to the company's alleged role in deceiving the public and worsening plastics pollution.California's attorney general on Thursday into the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries for allegedly overstating the role of recycling in curbing global plastic pollution and exacerbating the crisis.for information relating to the company's alleged role in deceiving the public and worsening plastics pollution. The office didn't specify what other companies it was investigating.
As state legislatures and local governments in the 1980s began considering bills restricting or banning plastic products, fossil fuel and petrochemical companies began an"aggressive" and"deceptive" campaign to persuade the public that they could mitigate the waste problem by recycling, which the industry knew wasn't true, Bonta alleged in a news release.
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