California v. Big Oil
| California v. Big Oil | |
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| Court | San Francisco County Superior Court |
California v. Big Oil, is a lawsuit filed in 2023 by the State of California against Big Oil. The suit alleges that big oil deceived the public for decades about the impacts of fossil fuels.[1] The suit names Exxon, Shell plc, Chevron Corporation, ConocoPhillips, BP and the American Petroleum Institute as defendants. The suit, while one of many,[2][3][4] was described as the "most significant lawsuit to target oil, gas and coal companies over their role in causing climate change".[5]
Background
Big oil has known about the effects of fossil fuels since at least the 1950s.[6][7] While internal research showed links between fossil fuels and climate change, big oil concealed this and led a campaign of climate change denial.[8] The lawsuit follows the Supreme Courts decision not to consider an appeal brought by the oil industry and 20 states (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming) in Sunoco v. Honolulu.[9][10]
References
Text of California v. Big Oil is available from: ca.gov
- ^ "People of the State of California v. Big Oil". Governor of California. 2023-09-16.
- ^ "Center for Climate Integrity's Archive of Climate Accountability Lawsuits Against Big Oil | Center for Climate Integrity". climateintegrity.org.
- ^ McGreal, Chris; Chang, Alvin (2021-06-30). "How cities and states could finally hold fossil fuel companies accountable". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
- ^ "Climate Change Litigation Databases". Climate Change Litigation Databases. Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University. Archived from the original on 1 Feb 2025.
- ^ Gelles, David (2023-09-16). "California Sues Giant Oil Companies, Citing Decades of Deception". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Noor, Dharna (2024-11-12). "Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s, memos show". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
- ^ John, Rebecca (2024-01-30). "New Evidence Reveals Fossil Fuel Industry Sponsored Climate Science in 1954". DeSmog.
- ^ "Part One: Denial | The Power of Big Oil". PBS.
- ^ Lazo, Alejandro (2025-03-03). "Who should pay billions for climate disasters? California and others target Big Oil — will that work?". CalMatters. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ Quinn, Melissa (January 13, 2025). "Supreme Court allows Hawaii climate change lawsuits against energy companies to move forward". CBS News.