Sentences with phrase «suing large oil companies»
Climate change litigation has already been brought in the United States in recent years, as a number of municipalities in the United States are suing large oil companies for the cost of adapting cities for the impacts of climate change.
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New York City is suing five of the largest oil companies over the billions of dollars it spends protecting the city from the effects of climate change, and it plans to divest its pension funds» $ 5 billion in assets involving fossil fuel producers, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday.
Two Colorado counties and the city of Boulder are suing ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy, Canada's largest oil company, to hold them responsible for climate change - related damage to their communities.