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Virgin Islands and Exxon Agree to Uneasy Truce Over Climate Probe | InsideClimate Ne... Page 2 of 10<br />

on Energy and<br />

Climate<br />

BY PHIL MCKENNA<br />

Exxon declared victory last week when the Virgin Islands<br />

attorney general withdrew a subpoena in its climate probe of<br />

the oil giant. Credit: Reuters<br />

In the legal volleying between Exxon and the<br />

U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude<br />

Walker last week, both managed to claim<br />

victory. But several experts pegged it as more a<br />

ceasefire in a broader battle of investigating<br />

the oil giant's alleged efforts to disseminate<br />

misinformation on climate change.<br />

Walker, who said his office continues to<br />

investigate Exxon for possible fraud, withdrew<br />

his subpoena for nearly 40 years of documents<br />

from Exxon. In exchange, the oil corporation<br />

agreed to withdraw its lawsuit against the<br />

attorney general for what it claims is a violation<br />

of its constitutional right to free speech. Both<br />

sides left open the possibility of reinstating<br />

their respective legal actions against the other<br />

in a "joint stipulation of dismissal" filed by<br />

both parties last Wednesday.<br />

j/j EPA Clears the Way<br />

for Greenhouse<br />

Gas Rules on U.S.<br />

Airlines<br />

FOLLOW<br />

BY JOHN H. CUSHMAN JR.<br />

State AGs and<br />

Groups Defy<br />

Lamar Smith's<br />

Subpoena Over<br />

Exxon Climate<br />

Probes<br />

BY DAVID HASEMYER<br />

FACEBOOK.COM/INSIDECLIMATENEWS<br />

TWITTER.COM/INSIDECLIMATE<br />

Several legal experts said Exxon got the better<br />

deal from the joint withdrawal. Some<br />

suggested that of the various probes<br />

underway, the Virgin Islands' investigation was<br />

the most vulnerable to Exxon's challenges. Had<br />

the Virgin Islands pursued its case and lost, it<br />

could have given Exxon legal momentum to<br />

combat investigations from both the New York<br />

and Massachusetts attorneys general.<br />

SPECIES ON THE<br />

MOVE<br />

Monarch<br />

Butterfly<br />

"The Virgin Islands attorney general is really not<br />

capable of taking on Exxon and this quick<br />

retreat confirms that," said Pat Parenteau, an<br />

Monarch butterflies<br />

can migrate 3,000<br />

miles, but they can't<br />

escape climate change.<br />

App. 680<br />

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06072016/virgin-islands-exxon-agree-climate-probe-sub... 8/1/2016

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