The District of Columbia is suing four of the world’s biggest oil companies — ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, and Shell — for misleading consumers about the role their products play in causing climate change. The lawsuit says the companies violated D.C.’s consumer protection law by engaging in misleading acts and practices around the marketing, promotion, and sale of fossil fuel products.
“For decades, these oil and gas companies spent millions to mislead consumers and discredit climate science in pursuit of profits. The defendants violated the District’s consumer protection law by concealing the fact that using fossil fuels threatens the health of District residents and the environment. [The Office of the Attorney General] filed this suit to end these disinformation campaigns and to hold these companies accountable for their deceptive practices.”
Karl Racine
Former D.C. Attorney General
District of Columbia
Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP, Chevron
Climate
Consumer Protection
