Connecticut Attorney General William Tong’s lawsuit against Exxon Mobil charges the company with lying about climate change. He says decades of research by the company showed that their products were increasing global temperatures, and that they actively tried to hide this fact, and kept pushing people to burn more oil. The suit has been likened to the big tobacco lawsuits filed by states, including Connecticut, which resulted in billions of dollars in settlements. More than a dozen cities and states have filed similar suits against big oil, but Tong says Connecticut’s “Unfair Trade Practices Act” gives it the strongest case.

On this episode, he tells John about a coalition he’s joined to try and overturn a court ruling that blocks states’ ability to regulate price gouging during the pandemic.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong&rsquo;s <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2020/09/14/tong-takes-on-exxonmobil-over-climate-change/">lawsuit against Exxon Mobil</a> charges the company with lying about climate change. He says decades of research by the company showed that their products were increasing global temperatures, and that they actively tried to hide this fact, and kept pushing people to burn more oil. The suit has been likened to the <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2014/06/09/tobacco-funds-connecticuts-budget-balancing-escape-hatch/">big tobacco lawsuits</a> filed by states, including Connecticut, which resulted in billions of dollars in settlements. More than a dozen cities and states have filed similar suits against big oil, but Tong says Connecticut&rsquo;s &ldquo;Unfair Trade Practices Act&rdquo; gives it the strongest case.
On this episode, he tells John about a coalition he&rsquo;s joined to try and overturn a court ruling that blocks states&rsquo; ability to <a href="https://portal.ct.gov/AG/Press-Releases/2020-Press-Releases/AG-Tong-Files-brief-in-Support-of-States-Authority-to-Regulate-Price-Gouging">regulate price gouging</a> during the pandemic.

Welcome to Steady Habits: A CT Mirror Podcast, hosted by John Dankosky. Our goal is to foster meaningful conversations with newsmakers and the journalists who cover them. We're planning to dig into Connecticut's biggest stories in policy and politics. Let's get started.

Steady Habits: A CT Mirror Podcast

Steady Habits: A CT Mirror Podcast, hosted by John Dankosky, aims to foster meaningful conversations with newsmakers and the journalists who cover them. Each episode, we dig into Connecticut's biggest stories in policy and politics.

Steady Habits: A CT Mirror Podcast, hosted by John Dankosky, aims to foster meaningful conversations with newsmakers and the journalists who cover them. Each episode, we dig into Connecticut's biggest stories in policy and politics.