Environmental & Energy
Sep. 19, 2023
California sues energy companies over climate change
The state is seeking compensation for the tens of billions of dollars it says has been spent to address climate change and the future money it will need to spend.
California is suing the largest oil and gas companies in the world and the American Petroleum Institute, accusing them of, for decades, creating climate change-related harms and deceiving the public about the impact of fossil fuels.
“Oil and gas companies have privately known the truth for decades — that the burning of fossil fuels leads to climate change — but have fed us lies and mistruths to further their record-breaking profits at the ...
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