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Chicago sues oil companies for impacts of climate change
The Hill ^ | 02/21/2024 | ZACK BUDRYK

Posted on 02/21/2024 6:48:13 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

The city of Chicago on Tuesday sued six major oil companies and the primary fossil fuel lobbying group, alleging they funded and planned a campaign of climate change denial that directly affects the city’s residents.

In the lawsuit, the city accused BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, Phillips 66, Shell, and the American Petroleum Institute (API) of misleading the public about the impact of their products and of contributing to the effects of climate change on Chicago.

These impacts include unsafe summer temperatures, an increase in extreme weather, shoreline erosion and susceptibility to disasters such as flash flooding in basements on the city’s West Side, according to the lawsuit. As a result, the city says, climate mitigation and response projects in low-income communities have cost it nearly $200 million.

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Just watch, the Trump vs. NY lawsuit will be the next attempt by Chicago to go after the developers in that city......


81 posted on 02/21/2024 4:14:30 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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