It's not fair that communities are being forced to foot the bill for climate disasters Big Oil knowingly caused. Let's hold Big Oil accountable for its climate lies and make polluters pay instead.

Accountability is coming: More communities than ever before are taking Big Oil companies to court for their climate lies and the damages they've caused. Read about their cases here: climateintegrity.org/lawsuits

"Baltimore filed a lawsuit on behalf of its residents against companies who knew and understood the severe dangers posed by fossil fuels, yet decided to conceal those risks, spread disinformation [&] cast doubt," writes @MaCamilaBustos. baltimoresun.com/2024/10/22/bal…

“ExxonMobil wants millions in tax breaks for a Baton Rouge project that would create no jobs, pollute the environment and recycle few plastics.” lailluminator.com/2024/10/22/exx…

NEW: Argus Insight, a secretive firm run by Trump White House vets and a former Axios reporter, is digging for dirt to smear officials involved in a $51 billion climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies, corporate litigation experts say. 🧵 eenews.net/articles/gop-l…

“As climate action promises more renewable energy and electrification, fossil fuel companies are instead ramping up plastic production to stay relevant. They're also lobbying against efforts to address climate change and plastic pollution.” goerie.com/story/opinion/…

"California’s lawsuit matters because of who it names and what it argues," write Center for Climate Integrity' Richard Wiles and Beyond Plastics' Judith Enck. It's the first case "to target a major plastic producer for falsely promoting recycling as a solution." The San Diego Union-Tribune sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/10/24/opi…

NEW in The San Diego Union-Tribune: CCI's Richard Wiles & Beyond Plastics's Judith Enck on why California's lawsuit against Exxon matters: "Plastics producers like ExxonMobil have long known that even though it would never work, selling recycling would help sell more plastic." sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/10/24/opi…

“The plastics industry has spent decades selling and marketing single-use products while falsely promising that we can recycle our way out of the problem…California Attorney General Rob Bonta is now suing ExxonMobil… for its role in deceiving the public” sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/10/24/opi…

Report: Shell's latest ad campaign is already facing more than 70 complaints of greenwashing adweek.com/media/havas-me…

“Corporations cannot sell harmful products and lie to consumers along the way — a finding other courts have rightly upheld,” @MaCamilaBustos writes in The Baltimore Sun, arguing that Baltimore’s case against Big Oil should move forward in state court. baltimoresun.com/2024/10/22/bal…

The climate-fueled insurance crisis is a consequence of Big Oil's lies and deception. For decades the fossil fuel industry misled the public and blocked climate action. Now communities risk a "financial death spiral." thehill.com/future-america…

Southern Company is laundering strategic messaging about the energy transition through an advertising partnership with The Atlantic. Media outlets are creating content for Big Oil. But their relationships with utilities have gotten less scrutiny exxonknews.org/p/southern-com…

Southern Company is promoting “propaganda” disguised as research — with help from a major media company exxonknews.org/p/southern-com…

The 10 deadliest weather events since 2004 were all made worse by the burning of fossil fuels. Big Oil's fingerprints are undeniable: "Burning fossil fuels causes climate change and climate change causes death and destruction.” -study author Dr Friederike Otto. insideclimatenews.org/news/31102024/…

More climate chaos fueled by Big Oil👇 "Having multiple wildfires might seem surprising for the Northeast, where rainfall averages are increasing and flooding poses a constant threat. But climate change can produce unpredictable weather patterns." nytimes.com/2024/10/31/nyr…

Big Oil's nefarious goal, @Michael_Shank of Beyond Plastics writes, has been to push two big lies: "that plastic was recyclable and that the fossil fuels used to produce it did not cause climate change." Officials must hold Big Oil accountable. baltimoresun.com/2024/11/01/mar…