Big Oil Lie?

The Big Apple sued the Big Three in the oil and gas industry Thursday, claiming they misled consumers by marketing "cleaner" and "emissions-reducing" products while knowing for years the fossil fuels they refine drive climate change.

Outside the Exxon Mobil shareholders meeting in Dallas on May 31, 2006, a slow-melting ice sculpture fashioned by protesters demonstrates their view of how ExxonMobil's policies are affecting the environment. (LM Otero/AP)

MANHATTAN — The Big Apple sued the Big Three in the oil and gas industry Thursday, claiming they misled consumers by marketing “cleaner” and “emissions-reducing” products while knowing for years the fossil fuels they refine drive climate change.

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