Santa Cruz County is suing 32 oil and gas companies — including ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, and BP — to hold the companies accountable for deceiving the public about their products’ role in climate change and make them pay for associated damages, including droughts, wildfires, and rising seas.
“Today the county along with the city of Santa Cruz joined a growing number of communities standing up for residents in the face of mounting financial, environmental and public health costs tied to global warming.”
John Leopold
Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Chairman
City of Santa Cruz
Anadarko, Apache Corp., BP, Chevron, Citgo, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, Encana, ENI, Exxon Mobil, Hess Corp., Marathon, Occidental, Phillips 66, Repsol, Shell, Total
Climate
Negligence, Public Nuisance, Private Nuisance, Products Liability: Failure to Warn, Trespass, Products Liability: Design Defect
