The Battle for Climate Change Accountability

In late 2015 InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times laid out groundbreaking reports showing ExxonMobil’s deliberate campaign to spread misinformation about climate science in spite of knowing about the problem since the 1970s. Since then, state and local leaders have initiated investigations and are taking the oil giant to court, seeking justice for investors, communities, and the public.
 
On Nov. 30, 2016 the American Constitution Society for Law & Policy, the Center for American Progress Action Fund hosted distinguished panelists for a discussion of the legal foundations for seeking accountability from fossil fuel companies, as well as the importance of state attorney general investigations in the face of federal opposition or inaction.