Sentences with phrase «sue oil majors»

In 2017, the California cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz, and Imperial Beach, as well as Santa Cruz county, Marin County, and San Mateo County attempted to sue oil majors over climate change damages, citing a theory called «public nuisance.»

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New York City sued five major oil companies, claiming they have contributed to global warming, and also announced it will sell off billions in fossil fuel investments from the city's pension funds.

I've never seen such a label on fish oil, and neither did the Environmental Justice Foundation, and so they sued CVS, GNC, Rite - Aid, along with the major fish oil manufacturers.

Major fish oil manufacturers and drug stores are being sued for failing to disclose the PCB pollutants in fish oil supplements.

It's great to see San Francisco and Oakland California stepping up and suing major oil companies, demanding accountability for water levels rising from Climate Change.

San Francisco and Oakland are suing five major oil companies, including ExxonMobil, for damages allegedly caused by man - made global warming, arguing Big Oil covered up the knowledge their products would change the climate and should pay for current and future damagoil companies, including ExxonMobil, for damages allegedly caused by man - made global warming, arguing Big Oil covered up the knowledge their products would change the climate and should pay for current and future damagOil covered up the knowledge their products would change the climate and should pay for current and future damages.

The documents, unveiled by Dutch newspaper De Correspondent on Thursday, show that the oil giant's researchers flagged that climate change could have major implications for the fossil fuel industry as far back as the 1980s — and predicted that environmental groups could sue following damages from extreme weather.

New York City set the tone this year by deciding to divest its US$ 190 billion retirement fund from fossil fuels and sue major oil companies for climate damages.

Ms. Dodd represented a major oil company sued by a young woman who was abducted from a gas station, subsequently raped and shot in the head.