Following the disclosure of the potential billion - dollar penalty, shares fell 3.3 percent. (pymnts.com)
The congressmen made their request for a federal probe following disclosures in an InsideClimate News series that Exxon scientists were warning of potentially catastrophic effects of a buildup of atmospheric carbon dioxide from fossil fuels as early as 1977. (insideclimatenews.org)
It doesn't end there: «[T] he Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences... is examining fresh allegations — made in a report released today by the advocacy group Climate Investigations Center (CIC)-- that Soon failed to follow disclosure rules in submitting a letter to that journal.» (sciencemag.org)