In a disturbing development with broad First Amendment implications, ExxonMobil is lashing out against the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and others – in the words  of UCS, “who feel they are holding them accountable for their decades of deception.”

ExxonMobil has asked a federal court to throw out a New York attorney general’s subpoena seeking information relevant to his investigation into whether the corporation broke any laws by misleading shareholders and the public about climate change.