California AG Sues ExxonMobil Over ‘Deceptive’ Plastic Recycling Practices

California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta (D) and four environmental groups are launching parallel suits against ExxonMobil in state court over claims that the company used “deceptive public messaging” to promote recycling as a solution to plastic waste concerns, escalating the AG’s two-year probe into petrochemical and fossil-fuel firms. In a Sept. 23 complaint filed with the state superior court for San Francisco County, Bonta says ExxonMobil is creating a common-law public nuisance and violating state statutes regarding water pollution,...