Communities around the world are demanding justice, unleashing legal action against fossil fuel giants.
Legal cases against oil and gas companies for the loss and damage suffered by communities around the world are growing.
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Bucks County v. BP p.l.c.
Pennsylvania county’s lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel industry defendants liable for impacts allegedly arising from the defendants’ “disinformation campaign” regarding their products’ contribution to climate change.
USA, 2024
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City of Chicago v. BP p.l.c.
Description: Lawsuit alleging that fossil fuel industry defendants’ deception regarding the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions from their products resulted in harmful climate change impacts to Chicago.
USA, 2024
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Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
Lawsuit brought by Puerto Rico seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change harms.
Puerto Rico, 2024
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Hugues Falys, FIAN, Greenpeace, Ligue des droits humains v. TotalEnergies (The Farmer Case)
In March 2024, a legal action has been launched by Hugues Falys, a farmer and several associations against Total Energies. This is the first time that a citizen has taken a multinational to court in Belgium over a climate dispute.
Belgium, 2024
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Makah Indian Tribe v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
Tribe’s lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change harms allegedly resulting from the companies’ “climate deception campaign.”
USA, 2023
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Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
Tribe’s lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change harms allegedly resulting from the companies’ “climate deception campaign.”
USA, 2023
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