1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IoolnkHql4"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/ny-attorney-general-schneiderman-targets-exxon-mobil-climate-thuggery-part-1/">NY Attorney General Schneiderman Targets Exxon Mobil: Climate Thuggery, Part 1</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/ny-attorney-general-schneiderman-targets-exxon-mobil-climate-thuggery-part-1/embed/#?secret=IoolnkHql4" width="600" height="338" title="“NY Attorney General Schneiderman Targets Exxon Mobil: Climate Thuggery, Part 1” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="IoolnkHql4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman could severely depress Exxon Mobil stock values while piously claiming to protect shareholders from fraud. Welcome to the Orwellian world of climate-policy sanctimony. Schneiderman "has begun an investigation of Exxon Mobil to determine whether the company lied to the public about the risks of climate change or to investors about how such risks might hurt the oil business," the New York Times reported last week. According to the Times, Schneiderman is investigating the company under the State's 1921 Martin Act, the envy of regulatory bullies throughout the land. The statute gives New York's AG "extraordinary powers and discretion" that "exceed those given any regulatory in any other U.S. State" (Wiki). As one commentator describes it:https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_schneiderman.jpg