Climate Changed
Exxon to Pay $300 Million to Resolve U.S. Pollution Cases
- Department of Justice announces settlement agreement
- EPA chief has vowed to be tough on corporate polluters
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Exxon Mobil Corp. agreed to pay more than $300 million to resolve air pollution violations tied to eight chemical plants in Texas and Louisiana, one of a pair of environmental settlements with oil companies announced by the Trump administration on Tuesday.
Separately, Denver-based PDC Energy Inc. agreed to pay $22.2 million after storage tanks were found to be leaking smog-forming compounds.