Ann Carlson in Vice: Exxon Is Getting Sued for a Ton of Money for Saying Fossil Fuels Are Good for the Planet

“They’re really looking at potentially billions of dollars in damages, depending on how you measure the damage to investors for misleading the public,” Ann Carlson, co-director of the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment at the University of California, Los Angeles law school, told VICE News of the New York case. “It could seriously affect their bottom line.”