Exxon and Shell Join Ivanka Trump to Defend Paris Climate Accord

Source: Bloomberg – As President Donald Trump contemplates whether to make good on his campaign promise to yank the United States out of the Paris climate accord, an unlikely lobbying force is hoping to talk him out of it: oil and coal producers.ACT taxpayers will be slugged with a $280,000 legal bill on behalf of Liberal MLA and former opposition leader Jeremy Hanson, who will pay costs to former CFMEU boss Dean Hall, after settling a long-running defamation case.

Key points: Liberal Jeremy Hanson settles defamation dispute with union boss

Liberal Jeremy Hanson settles defamation dispute with union boss Taxpayers to foot bill for saga

Taxpayers to foot bill for saga CFMEU's Dean Hall says he has been "totally vindicated"

Mr Hanson has also officially apologised to Mr Hall over his comments during a 2016 radio interview, in an embarrassing backdown wrapping up more than two years of legal action.

The now-retracted comments falsely insinuated Mr Hall had a criminal past.

The case was due to end in a Supreme Court showdown in October.

The ABC understands