Bucks County is suing ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66, and the American Petroleum Institute to make them pay for the damages suffered by the county caused by their concerted efforts to lie to and mislead the public about the climate impacts of fossil fuel products. The lawsuit was filed less than a year after seven people, including two young children, were killed in Bucks County during deadly flash floods.
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“In recent years, we have experienced unprecedented weather events here in Bucks County that have repeatedly put residents and first responders in harm’s way, damaged public and private property and placed undue strain on our infrastructure … This suit is our tool to recoup costs and fund public works projects like bolstering or replacing bridges, retrofitting county-owned buildings and commencing stormwater management projects, all of which will put us in the best possible position to weather what is certain to come.”
Diane Ellis-Marseglia
Bucks County Commissioner Chair
Bucks County
BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66, Exxon Mobil, Shell, American Petroleum Institute (API)
Climate
Negligence, Public Nuisance, Private Nuisance, Civil Conspiracy, Products Liability: Failure to Warn, Trespass
