Carolinas are being swamped by these heavy rains and high winds from Hurricane Florence.

The best scientists in the world are all telling us that our activities are changing the climate.

I don't think it's a hoax. I think there's probably a difference, but I don't know that it's man-made.

Experts say that we have until 2030 to avoid catastrophe.

Exxon News! Exxon News! Exxon News! Exxon News! That's the sound of climate change protesters outside a

courthouse in New York City this week as a trial against Exxon Mobil got underway. The case

was filed back in 2015 by then

New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman. There's nothing wrong with advocating for your own

company. What you're not allowed to do is commit fraud. Bernie Sanders calls this the climate

trial of the century, and legal experts agree the case could be a landmark

in deciding what fossil fuel companies like Exxon have to reveal about the future costs of

climate change. The charge is that Exxon deceived its shareholders, and the state's formal

accusation is fraud.

Jennifer Hijazi is covering the action for Climate Wire at E&E News.

Thanks for joining us.

Thank you for having me.

Exxon is accused of deceiving investors.

What are they supposed to have done? So the New York Attorney General is accusing Exxon Mobile of misrepresenting how it handled climate

risks to its shareholders in their business planning, specifically through how the company

used what's being called proxy costs of carbon in their business planning.

So New York Attorney General said Exxon told their investors they were using one proxy cost

of carbon, a higher proxy cost of carbon, a higher

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