Chicago Becomes the Latest City to Sue the Oil Industry over Climate Change

Photo caption: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. Photo credit: Scott Olson / Getty Images. Article by Lesley Clark & E&E News. Scientific American – February 21, 2024. 

CLIMATEWIRE | Chicago filed suit Tuesday against six oil companies and an influential industry ally, joining the ranks of local governments looking to hold fossil fuel producers financially accountable for the effects of climate change. The lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court accuses the companies, their subsidiaries and industry trade association the American Petroleum Institute of waging a campaign to discredit climate science and mislead the public about the dangers of burning fossil fuels. […]

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