BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 26, 2024
Attorney General Aaron Frey made Maine the ninth state to file a “climate deception” lawsuit against oil giants Tuesday, alleging that they chose profits over following early science that showed likely irreversible climate effects from fossil fuels. The targets of the Maine lawsuit are the oil giants Exxon, Shell, Chevron, BP and Sunoco as well as the American Petroleum Institute, the industry’s major trade group.