Exxon seeks to shrink penalty in landmark civil suit

Oil major ExxonMobil is seeking to limit its liability in a landmark civil suit that initially resulted in a $20 million penalty against the firm, since reduced to $14 million, for numerous Clean Air Act violations at its Baytown, TX, refinery, again asserting that environmental plaintiffs lack standing for most of their claims. In a Nov. 11 supplemental brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Environment Texas Citizen Lobby, Inc.; Sierra Club v. ExxonMobil Corporation,...