Subpoenaed by Exxon - Center for International Environmental Law

A statement by CIEL President & CEO Carroll Muffett regarding a subpoena delivered by ExxonMobil on November 9, 2016, which Muffett characterizes as part of a campaign of intimidation against those investigating the oil industry's history of climate denial.

• ExxonMobil delivered a subpoena to CIEL President & CEO Carroll Muffett on November 9, 2016, which Muffett describes as an expansion of a "campaign of intimidation" targeting individuals and organizations investigating the company and its oil industry allies.
• CIEL asserts that ExxonMobil is attempting to "harass, intimidate, and silence" those exposing the oil industry's history of climate denial, and suggests the company feels "emboldened" to do so under a Trump administration.
• Carroll Muffett argues that if oil companies concealed or misrepresented material facts about their products to the public, investors, and consumers for profit, they committed fraud and should be held accountable.

APA

Muffett, C. (2016). Subpoenaed by Exxon - Center for International Environmental Law. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/9608-2/

Chicago

Muffett, Carroll. Subpoenaed by Exxon - Center for International Environmental Law. Center for International Environmental Law, 2016. https://www.ciel.org/9608-2/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{muffett2016subpoenaed, author = {Muffett, Carroll}, title = {{Subpoenaed by Exxon - Center for International Environmental Law}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2016}, month = nov, url = {https://www.ciel.org/9608-2/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }