ExxonMobil Sues California, Claims New Green Laws Violate Speech

ExxonMobil Corp. has sued California, arguing that two new state laws violate the First Amendment by trying to force it to agree to a certain climate viewpoint, and conflict with federal regulations.

The lawsuit, filed Friday, alleges that the two new laws, which seek to make large corporations more transparent about their climate emissions and financial exposure to climate risk, force ExxonMobil to publicly endorse opinions about climate change that it does not agree with.

One bill requires large companies doing business in California with over $1 billion in annual revenue to measure and publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions ...