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Nick Pope
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California's Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta defended his lawsuit against Exxon Mobil on Tuesday on CNBC's “Squawk Box.”
Bonta's office filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil on Monday, accusing the company of deceiving the public about the efficacy of recycling plastics, specifically its “advanced recycling” program, which essentially breaks old plastics down into their molecular building blocks, which are then used in manufacturing other products. In the interview, Bonta struggled to defend his lawsuit and was also accused by one of the show's hosts of being hypocritical about jet fuel as he appeared to be flying to New York City for this week's New York Climate Week summit. (Related: Officials told Biden's EPA its aggressive green power plant plan had serious flaws, documents show)
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“They lie in different ways. They say, basically, 100 percent of U.S. plastic is recyclable, and that's a myth they want to perpetuate,” Bonta said in response to a question from the CNBC host.
After some back-and-forth, Bonta continued trying to explain his lawsuit against ExxonMobil.
“Only 1% of all plastics produced by ExxonMobil enter advanced recycling processes, and 92% of that 1% becomes primarily transportation fuel,” Bonta said. “As a result, the plastics produced by ExxonMobil and the world Advanced recycling technology will not involve the other 99% of products produced by plastics.”
“But advanced recycling sounds better than nothing, better than going into a landfill,” CNBC host Becky Quick chimed in.
“They don't get any credit for advanced recycling, turning stuff into jet fuel that's emitted into the air or transportation fuel that becomes part of us…” Bonta countered.
“So your point is we shouldn't use jet fuel?” Quick responded.
“My point is ExxonMobil shouldn't lie. They shouldn't point out another lie –” Bonta said before CNBC host Joe Kernen interrupted, pointing out that Bonta was The criticism of jet fuel comes after flying to New York for a climate summit attended by many business people.
“But you flew here, right?” Kenan asked.
“We travel,” Bonta answered.
According to Sustainable Travel calculations, if Bonta flew from Sacramento to New York for Climate Week, he would fly about 5,000 miles and emit about 2.26 tons of carbon dioxide.
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