'A Watershed Moment': CA Sues Oil Giants Over Decades of Climate Destruction
A person walks on a flooded street after Tropical Storm Hilary, on August 21, 2023, in Cathedral City, California. Credit: Mario Tama / Getty The s...
A person walks on a flooded street after Tropical Storm Hilary, on August 21, 2023, in Cathedral City, California. Credit: Mario Tama / Getty The state of California on Friday filed suit against ExxonMobil , Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron, accusing the five oil and gas giants of a decades long campaign to mislead the public about the threat fossil fuels pose to the climate. The lawsuit makes California the largest economy on the planet to take legal action against fossil fuel companies over their efforts to deceive the world about their destructive — and immensely profitable — business model.