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January 16, 2025

ExxonMobil Countersues California AG and Environmentalists over Plastic Pollution Claims
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Exxon Mobil has filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob
Bonta and environmental activists after they accused the fossil fuel
giant of carrying out a decadeslong campaign of deception that caused
and exacerbated the global plastics pollution crisis. Exxon is the
world's largest producer of single-use plastic resins. In its legal
counterattack, the company accuses Bonta of making false statements
about its advanced recycling technology. This comes after Bonta and four
environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, sued Exxon Mobil,
alleging the fossil fuel giant spent decades promoting plastics
recycling even though many plastic products proved impossible to recycle
at scale.


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