Exxon Loses Again in Court Attempt to Dodge Climate Change Probe

Exxon Mobil Corp. suffered another legal defeat in its attempt to dodge state investigations into whether the company’s public comments about climate change misled investors for years.

Massachusetts’ top court on April 13 affirmed a judge’s decision that Exxon must hand over documents dating back to 1976 to Attorney General Maura Healey.

The court also agreed that Exxon’s 300 Mobil-branded franchise service stations in the state give Healey sufficient jurisdiction over the Texas-based company.

Weighing in on the overall environmental threat at the heart of the dispute, the court wrote that Healey’s investigation concerns climate change “caused by man-made greenhouse ...