(April 23, 2021, 1:31 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — New York City in state court on April 22 sued the American Petroleum Institute (API) and three oil companies, contending that the defendants violated the state’s consumer protection law by misrepresenting their knowledge about the burning of fossil fuels and climate change and engaging in a “greenwashing” campaign that claims that some of their products are cleaner and “emissions-reducing.”...