- Former Exxon Mobil (XOM +0.2%) CEO and secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson may have to testify on the day before Pres.-elect Trump's inauguration in a lawsuit that claims the U.S. government failed to protect future generations from global warming.
- The suit was brought by a group of youth plaintiffs, although several fossil fuel industry groups have legally intervened on the defense’s side, including the American Petroleum Institute.
- The lead attorney tells Business Insider that the plaintiffs' questions will focus on what XOM scientists knew about climate change and for how long; Tillerson sidestepped similar questions posed during his confirmation hearing, but likely would need to be far more forthcoming when under oath in a federal lawsuit.