It is alleged that Exxon discovered the impact
of climate change in the 70s, but worked to
suppress the evidence and obfuscate the
science.
After a 16-month court battle, Justice Barry
Ostrager, of the State Supreme Court in
Manhattan, on Wednesday (22 March) ordered
Exxon to hand over the emails used by
Tillerson, in addition to any documents
previously subpoenaed by Schnierderman but
not yet received.
An Exxon spokesman told CNN that the
company had already handed over 400,000
documents, containing more than 2.6 million
pages.
However, Schneiderman remained adamant
that there were more, and, after his successful
court hearing, Exxon has until 31 March to give
up the remainder of the documents.
Schneiderman is particularly interested in
emails from the Wayne Tracker account, but at
the hearing lawyers for the attorney general
said they were told by the company that many
emails deleted themselves.
Tillerson left Exxon in December 2016 to take a
place in US President Donald Trump's cabinet.
Emails