Memo to Maura Healey: attacking Exxon Mobil won’t stop climate change

Memo to Maura Healey: attacking Exxon Mobil won’t stop climate change

It has been several long months since Maura Healey subpoenaed ExxonMobil for documents going back to 1976, suggesting the company may have misled the public about climate change.

Healey's spokespeople have said this case is about protecting Massachusetts's consumers, investors and the public. An order from a Federal Court in Texas recently said that Healey is likely acting in bad faith, her demands appear to be strongly motivated by politics, and a desire to advocate for her opinions on climate change on a grand stage. Those are two very differing views of the situation.

Healey would “absolutely consider” altering the Electoral College
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Healey would “absolutely consider” altering the Electoral College

Evan Lips

BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey hinted in a recent interview that it would be worth re-considering the Electoral College process, a protected bedrock of the U.S. Constitution.

"I know that's something pundits have talked about, I think it bears looking at," Healey told the Boston Herald on Thursday. "I think we should pay attention to the electoral process and do everything we can do to support the opportunity for Americans to have meaning and give voice through their vote in any election."

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