Energy and Environment

Greens ask EPA to ban Exxon from contracts

By John Siciliano
Published December 15, 2016 8:26pm ET
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Greens ask EPA to ban Exxon from contracts
The issue of disclosing climate-related risks is receiving more attention as New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman investigates whether Exxon Mobil defrauded its investors based on what it knew about climate change. (AP Photo) | Matt Brown

A large environmental group is formally asking the Environmental Protection Agency to ban Exxon Mobil from doing business with the federal government over allegations that it kept information about climate change from its shareholders and the public.

The Waterkeeper Alliance sent the EPA a formal petition Wednesday asking that the oil giant, whose CEO was just picked as President-elect Trump’s secretary of state, be officially barred from doing business with the federal government.

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