In a new lawsuit, the oil giant alleges the California attorney general and environmental groups defamed the company

ExxonMobil sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups alleging tortious interference with its plastic recycling business.

Rob Bonta and others are accused of conspiring to defame the Spring-based oil giant and its plastic recycling initiatives.

The oil giant ExxonMobil this week sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alleging that the state’s chief lawyer has been motivated by “foreign influence, personal ambition, and a murky source of financing rife with conflicting business interests.”

Exxon Mobil Corp. has filed a federal defamation lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups.

The federal suit, filed in Texas, claims California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups conducted a “smear campaign” against the company’s advanced plastics recycling operations.

ExxonMobil on Monday sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and a group of environmental activist groups, alleging they colluded on a campaign of defamation against the oil giant’s plastic

In a retaliatory lawsuit, Exxon says claims against it are motivated by “sordid for-profit incentives and outright greed.”

Months after California's blockbuster lawsuit against ExxonMobil over alleged "greenwashing," the oil and gas giant is suing California right back. ExxonMobil accuses the state's attorney general and a number of environmental groups of defamation and seeks unspecified damages and retractions,

After Attorney General Rob Bonta and environmental groups filed a lawsuit accusing ExxonMobil of polluting landfills and waterways with plastics and lying about it, the oil giant has struck back with a suit in its home state of Texas,