ExxonKnews
September 18, 2024
In 2022, oil companies submitted a plea to the U.S. Supreme Court that warned of the “massive monetary liability” U.S. climate lawsuits could impose on the fossil fuel industry. Since then, Big Oil has deployed a range of unusual tactics designed to derail legal efforts to hold them accountable for their contributions to the climate crisis.
Those reactions are just one sign that climate lawsuits are a mounting threat to oil and gas majors across the globe. The number of climate cases against Big Oil each year has nearly tripled since the Paris Agreement was reached in 2015 — an indication that “Organizations and communities around the world are increasingly turning to legal action to hold these fossil fuel companies accountable,” a new analysis found.
