The City of Chicago, the third largest city in the United States, is suing ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Shell, ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66, and the American Petroleum Institute to recover damages caused by oil companies lying to the public for decades about their fossil fuel products’ central role in the climate crisis.
“These companies knowingly deceived Chicago consumers in their endless pursuit of profits. As a result of their conduct, Chicago is enduring extreme heat and precipitation, flooding, sewage flows into Lake Michigan, damage to city infrastructure, and more. That all comes with enormous costs. But both the facts, and the law, are on our side, and we intend to shift those costs back where they belong: on the companies whose deceptive conduct brought us the climate crisis. ”
Matt Martin
Chicago Alderman
City of Chicago
BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, Phillips 66, Shell, American Petroleum Institute (API)
Climate
Negligence, Public Nuisance, Private Nuisance, Civil Conspiracy, Products Liability: Failure to Warn, Unjust Enrichment, Consumer Protection
