Posted on 11/05/2019 7:05:54 PM PST by yesthatjallen
HONOLULU - The city plans to file a lawsuit against fossil fuel companies aimed at holding them “accountable for the costs and consequences” of climate change.
Maui County previously announced similar plans, and other municipalities and states have done the same in a bid to recoup and the real and anticipated costs of a warming planet.
Oil companies have called the suits baseless.
At a news conference Tuesday, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said fossil fuel companies have known for decades about the impacts of climate change.
“We’re starting the first steps to protect our island of Oahu, our state of Hawaii and our planet,” Caldwell said.
Josh Stanbro, Honolulu’s chief resilience officer, said the islands are already starting to feel the impacts of climate change.
“California is on fire, the Bahamas were nearly wiped off the map, and Houston has been hit by three 500-year floods in the past three years,” Stanbro said.
“It is devastating to find out that big oil knew these impacts would occur as far back as the 1960s, and yet they chose to undermine the science and sow confusion instead of becoming responsible corporate citizens. This lawsuit won’t stop climate change from happening, but it will help pay for the protection and preparation of our citizens as climate disasters continue to come our way.”
A resolution will be introduced to the full City Council to support the lawsuit.
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Proving climate change ,LOL
Man did not cause climate change. Natural cycles and other factors did.
The fact that smug little Millenial a-holes were brainwashed to believe that hoax does not mean we should allow anti-American, anti-capitalism, pro-Communist actions to spread like a plague. We have to stop them.
These policies by these leftist politicians at the local level is basically treason and subversive tactics. I’ve thought for a long time that there are foreign tentacles operating under the guise of green tactics. The watermelon factor.
shakespeare was right first we kill all the lawyers
Sue the volcanos that created your islands, they have had more impact on the climate than anything man has done.
OK, don’t deliver gasoline and oil products to Hawaii. Let’s see how long that works.
Big Oil throws California’s climate change hypocrisy back in its face (January 11, 2018)
And the fires in California were caused by the Sierra Club and other environmentalist groups suing to prevent the clearing of overgrown trees and brush around power lines.
They must
1) Produce clear examples of global warming impact. (Projected impacts are speculation).
2) Prove the warming is man-made and not natural or a short or long term anomaly.
OK, stop importing all fossil fuels to Oahu tomorrow. After a few months we can check with Josh Stanbro, Honolulu’s chief resilience officer, to see how resilient they really are.
Yep. They can rely 100% on solar and wind, no oil or LNG backups.
The island was made by a hotspot on the ocean floor.
Try stopping nature.
Cut them off. No more gas or oil for Hawaii.
They have more than their share of sun for solar anyway.
The politicians in Hawaii or sub morons they’re absolutely completely idiotic and Kurupt to boot !
Most of the electricity in Hawaii is generated from diesel generation
But that doesn’t stop these politicians does it?
Ditto dat!!
More like THE day. Because Hawaii is basically pineapples and tourism.
ALL of the Petroleum companies should pull ALL of their products. Refuse to sell ANYTHING in the state. See how long these LibTaint politicians can survive.
Stop sending them fossil fuel for a few months
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