ExxonMobil has filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and environmental activists after they accused the fossil fuel giant of carrying out a decadeslong campaign of deception that caused and exacerbated the global plastics pollution crisis. Exxon is the world’s largest producer of single-use plastic resins. In its legal counterattack, the company accuses Bonta of making false statements about its advanced recycling technology. This comes after Bonta and four environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, sued ExxonMobil, alleging the fossil fuel giant spent decades promoting plastics recycling even though many plastic products proved impossible to recycle at scale.