DAVID: NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL
FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST
EXXONMOBIL ACCUSING THE
MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR SOILING GAS
COMPANY OF DEFRAUDING HIS
INVESTORS BY DOWNPLAYING THE
FINANCIAL RISK OF CLIMATE CHANGE
TO ITS BUSINESS.
THE NEW YORK AG POINT OF FORMER
SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON
PERSONALLY SAYING, QUOTE, THE
ALLEGED FRAUDS REACHED HIGHEST
LEVEL SINCE HE GO REX TILLERSON
IS THIS A POLITICAL WITCHHUNT?
IS THAT WHAT THIS IS?
>> THIS IS STALE BREAD.
SEVERAL STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL
TRIED TO DO THIS SEVERAL YEARS
AGO FELL ON ITS FACE BECAUSE
THEY HAD NOTHING THERE.
DAVID: YOU KNOW HOW THESE
CORPORATIONS ARE.
THE USUALLY FOLD LIKE A CHEAP
SUIT.
WHAT HE THINKS GOING TO HAPPEN?
>> I HOPE THEY DO FIGHT IT.
THIS OPENS THE DOOR TO SIMILAR
LAWSUIT.
NO ENERGY PRODUCER HAS YET COME
FORWARD AND SAID YOU'RE RIGHT.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A BIG PROBLEM.
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT US OUT OF
BUSINESS 50 YEARS FROM NOW, SO
WILL
>> PRIVATE COMPANY DOWNPLAYING
THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
>> IT'S A LITTLE RIDICULOUS.
NO ONE HAS EVER CAUGHT A WHIFF
OF CAR EXHAUST AND SET IT IS
PRETTY GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
REPUBLICANS CONTROL EVERY BRANCH
OF GOVERNMENT.
DEMOCRATS HAVE NO POWER EXCEPT
NEW YORK.
THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN NEW YORK.
>> TO JONATHAN'S POINT,
WONDERING IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO
DISAGREE WITH SOMEONE ON CLIMATE
CHANGE WITHOUT BEING HAULED INTO
COURT.
THAT'S A DANGEROUS THING, ISN'T
IT?
>> HOW LONG DO WE WANT THESE TO
GET YOU TO EXPLAIN EVERY RIFT
LAKE GOING TO GLOBAL WARMING.
>> AND INSULTED INVESTORS YOU
DIDN'T KNOW TO HOW INVOLVED AND
FOSSIL FUELS.
>> HOW ABOUT A SUING ATTORNEY
GENERAL NEW YORK FOR RAISING
ELECTRICITY RATES OF RETURN OF
OIL GAS.
WHAT WE GET IS GOING TO COST 10
TIMES WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
GERMANY THEY PAY TWO TO THREE
TIMES ELECTRICITY BECAUSE OF
RELIANCE ON ALTERNATIVE FUELS.
WHAT SUZANNE.
>> I HAVE THIS THING CALLED THE
MARTIN ACT WHICH IS WHAT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL, BARBARA
UNDERWOOD USING THE MARTIN ACT
AS IN THIS AMAZING CUDGEL TO
SMASH ANYTHING SHE WANTS.
IT GIVES HER ENORMOUS POWER TO
INVESTIGATE ANYTHING ABOUT A
COMPANY.
I DO KNOW THIS IS SUCH A GOOD
ACT.
>> LET'S CONSIDER SO FAR CLIMATE
CHANGE IS NOT HARD TO SLIGHTEST
IMPACT ON EXXONMOBIL AND IT
WON'T FOR ANOTHER 10 OR 20
YEARS.
EXXONMOBIL IS GONE OUT OF ITS
WAY TO DO RESEARCH ON
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY.
THEY'VE MADE BIG INVESTMENTS IN
ALTERNATIVE INJURY -- ENERGY.
>> THE MORE FOSSIL FUEL USE, THE
BETTER ANYONE'S LIFE HAS GOTTEN.
OF COURSE THEY WOULD HAVE YOU
BELIEVE SOMEHOW YOUR EXXONMOBIL
IS KERRY NOT THE WORLD.
PEOPLE'S LIVES HAVE GOTTEN
BETTER THE MORE FOSSIL FUELS
THEY USED TO THE FACT THEY'RE
GOING AFTER EXXONMOBIL.
DAVID: JONATHAN YOU MIGHT NOT BE
HERE THE NEXT SEGMENT BECAUSE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS GOING TO
HANDCUFF YOU AND DRAG YOU AWAY
TO THE NEAREST PRISON.
>> WE WOULDN'T HAVE WHALES THAT
WE DID NOT ASK ON.