Discovery order issued to Healey in ExxonMobil probe

Discovery order issued to Healey in ExxonMobil probe

DALLAS — A federal judge in Texas issued a discovery order Thursday to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, a move that means the Bay State's top prosecutor is now forced to fork over copies of correspondence and other internal records related to her bid to prove ExxonMobil knew about climate change science as far back as 1976.

In issuing his order, U.S. District Court Judge Ed Kinkeade wrote that "Attorney General Healey's actions leading up to the issuance of the CID (criminal investigation demand) causes the Court concern and presents the Court with the question of whether Attorney General Healey issued the CID with bias or prejudgment about what the investigation of Exxon would discover."

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Life lessons on the water

Diane Kilgore

Recitation of Genevra Stone's accomplishments on and off the water are a simple Google search away. The well documented 31-year-old gal from Newton studied at the Winsor School, attended Princeton University and in 2014 graduated from Tufts Medical School. Competing in this summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as a member of the U.S. rowing team and earning a silver medal are two of Dr. Stone's many other accomplishments. Details of her days are online everywhere, which allowed our chat to focus less on the logistics of rowing and more on the merits of the sport's greater lessons. Our conversation was a snapshot of how applying oneself to a challenge, especially when you can't see where you're headed, can be the best determinant of success.

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