Minnesota Lawsuit Against Big Oil Moves Closer to Trial

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Minnesota Lawsuit Against Big Oil Moves Closer to Trial

In another win for communities fighting for climate accountability, a Minnesota judge last week ruled that the state’s lawsuit aiming to hold ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute, and Koch Industries accountable for their decades of climate lies can continue toward trial, despite defendants’ efforts to get the case dismissed. The state’s lawsuit, filed by Attorney General Keith Ellison in 2020, charges three major architects of climate d…