Big Oil Accountability Lawsuits

Communities across the U.S. are taking Big Oil to court to hold these corporations accountable for their deception and make polluters pay.

Lawsuits, Mapped

States and municipalities across the U.S. have filed lawsuits that seek to hold major oil and gas corporations accountable for deceiving the public about their central role in the climate and plastic pollution crises.

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Legal Action Against Big Oil

Plaintiff(s)

California Nonprofits

Plastics Deception

Legal Claims

Public Nuisance, Private Nuisance, Unfair Competition

Defendant(s)

Exxon Mobil

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Plaintiff(s)

State of California

Plastics Deception

Legal Claims

Public Nuisance, Pollution, Impairment, and Destruction of Natural Resources, Misleading Advertising and Environmental Marketing, Unfair Competition

Defendant(s)

Exxon Mobil

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Plaintiff(s)

Puerto Rico

Climate Deception

Legal Claims

Negligence, Public Nuisance, Products Liability: Failure to Warn, Consumer Protection

Defendant(s)

Exxon Mobil et al.

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Plaintiff(s)

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Climate Deception

Legal Claims

Negligence, Public Nuisance, Private Nuisance, Civil Conspiracy, Products Liability: Failure to Warn, Trespass

Defendant(s)

BP et al.

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Plaintiff(s)

Chicago, Illinois

Climate Deception

Legal Claims

Negligence, Public Nuisance, Private Nuisance, Civil Conspiracy, Products Liability: Failure to Warn, Unjust Enrichment, Consumer Protection

Defendant(s)

BP et al.

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Plaintiff(s)

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Climate Deception

Legal Claims

Public Nuisance, Private Nuisance, Civil Conspiracy, Products Liability: Failure to Warn, Unjust Enrichment, Consumer Protection, Racketeering, Antitrust, Products Liability: Design Defect, Fraud

Defendant(s)

Exxon Mobil et al.

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Plaintiff(s)

Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe

Climate Deception

Legal Claims

Public Nuisance, Products Liability: Failure to Warn

Defendant(s)

Exxon Mobil et al.

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Plaintiff(s)

Makah Indian Tribe

Climate Deception

Legal Claims

Public Nuisance, Products Liability: Failure to Warn

Defendant(s)

Exxon Mobil et al.

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