Rhode Island is suing 20 oil and gas companies — including BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell — to hold them accountable and make them pay for climate damages they knew their products would cause, including increased flooding and sea level rise along the state’s 400 mile shoreline.
“We have a fiduciary obligation to the citizens and taxpayers to hold Big Oil accountable for the damages they caused and, more importantly, we have a moral obligation to protect our natural resources, wildlife, our quality of life, and leave this Rhode Island a better place for future generations and put the planet before profits.”
Peter Kilmartin
Former Rhode Island Attorney General
State of Rhode Island
BP, Chevron, Citgo, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, Getty Petroleum Marketing, Hess Corp., Marathon, Motiva Enterprises, Phillips 66, Shell, Speedway
Climate
Public Nuisance, Products Liability: Failure to Warn, Trespass, Products Liability: Design Defect, State Environmental Rights Act, Impairment of Public Trust Resources
