Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta struggled to defend his own lawsuit against ExxonMobil during a Tuesday appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Bonta’s office filed suit against ExxonMobil on Monday,

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil, claiming the company has misled the public about the recyclability of the plastics it produces.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said that Exxon Mobil has contributed greatly to global pollution by deceiving the public into believing that single-use plastics would be recycled if disposed of properly.

California attorney general Rob Bonta filed his long-awaited lawsuit targeting ExxonMobil related to plastics recycling Monday, a move that will no

Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the decision Monday, saying that his office was taking these steps because ExxonMobil was responsible for "deceiving the public on recyclability of plastic products" and polluting California's environment and communities.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said his office will in all likelihood seek to recover billions of dollars from Exxon Mobil for misleading consumers into thinking their plastic products can be readily recycled.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against oil and gas giant ExxonMobil for allegedly misleading the public on the merits of plastic recycling.

California is suing ExxonMobil for allegedly deceiving the public for half a century by promising that recycling would address the global plastics pollution crisis

California Attorney General Rob Bonta accused Exxon Mobil in a lawsuit filed today of misleading the public about the environmental consequences of plastic production for decades. The first-of-its-kind civil suit targets the world's largest producer of chemical compounds that go into making plastic.

Concern about plastics pollution has grown over the years as scientists learned more about its harmful impact on the environment.