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©2016 Bloomberg News O4VO3M6VDKHU (Bloomberg) — Oklahoma and Alabama accused a 17-member coalition of U.S. states and territories investigating whether Exxon Mobil Corp. and other energy companies misled investors and the public about how climate change might affect their businesses of trying to silence critics. “Reasonable minds can disagree about