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<font size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>March</b></i></font><font
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<i>[ Chicago seeks relief via the courts - a very slow salvation ]</i><br>
<b>Chicago Sues 5 Oil Companies, Accusing Them of Climate Change
Destruction, Fraud</b><br>
The suit says BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Shell
have hurt the city by discrediting science even as their products
lead to “catastrophic consequences,” including strong storms,
flooding, severe heat and shoreline erosion.<br>
By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times<br>
February 20, 2024<br>
Chicago is suing five of the world’s largest oil and gas companies,
accusing them of lying about their products and the dangers of
climate change that contributes to flooding, extreme heat and other
destructive forces that continue to hurt the city and its residents.<br>
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration filed a lawsuit in Cook
County Circuit Court Tuesday that names BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips,
Exxon Mobil and Shell, accusing the companies of discrediting
science and misleading the public as the climate crisis continued to
wreak havoc on the planet.<br>
The city is also suing the trade group American Petroleum Institute,
which it accuses of conspiring with the companies to deceive
consumers through disinformation campaigns even as the industry
acknowledged internally that climate change was real.<br>
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“The climate change impacts that Chicago has faced and will continue
to face – including more frequent and intense storms, flooding,
droughts, extreme heat events and shoreline erosion – are felt
throughout every part of the city and disproportionately in
low-income communities,” the city said in its lawsuit.<br>
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Chicago is following the lead of New York, California and other
cities and states that seek to recoup potentially billions of
dollars in damages blamed on the burning of fossil fuels, such as
oil and natural gas, that create carbon dioxide and have led to
climate change. The city has not asked for a specific amount of
money.<br>
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The city is asking a court to hold the companies responsible for the
costs of climate change, including damage to property and
infrastructure necessary to adapt...<br>
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“Chicago is signing up for many, many years of litigation,”
Parenteau said. “Ten years is my estimate—if they get to the goal
line and prove billions of dollars in damages.”<br>
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The 185-page lawsuit claims that the fossil fuel industry fought the
science around climate change and its causes even as company
scientists conceded a threat.<br>
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In all, the civil lawsuit alleges 11 counts of fraud, nuisance,
conspiracy and negligence. The companies failed to warn about “the
unreasonably dangerous conditions of the fossil fuel products and
their derivatives,” the city alleges.<br>
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The suit cites marketing materials and other company-generated
communications that the city alleges falsely state the companies are
doing their part to fight the climate crisis.<br>
Lawyers for the city compare the tactics used by the industry as
similar to tobacco companies’ past claims that their cigarettes were
less harmful. That industry was also sued by many states, and
settlement money in the late ’90s went toward various uses from
health-related programs to filling budget holes.<br>
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One example in the lawsuit cites a ConocoPhillips marketing claim
that its gas is “better for the environment.”<br>
The trade group and the companies “conspired to mislead” consumers
about the risks fossil fuel usage presented to the world. “Widely
disseminating marketing materials, refuting the scientific
knowledge” and also “promoting pseudo-scientific theories of their
own.”<br>
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“It’s not just that they knew, they misrepresented and withheld
information for 50 years at least,” city lawyer Rebecca Hirsch told
the Sun-Times.<br>
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The Chicago suit zeroes in on climate-related effects, including
extreme heat, increased rain and flooding. The complaint cites the
more than 700 deaths in the summer of 1995 during an excruciating
four-day heat wave.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20022024/chicago-sues-five-oil-companies/">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20022024/chicago-sues-five-oil-companies/</a><br>
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<i>[ Doing the math on oil and finances ]</i><br>
<b>Arthur Berman on the Big Effect of Small Changes in Oil
Availability</b><br>
Nate Hagens<br>
Mar 4, 2024 #101 #thegreatsimplification #natehagens<br>
Excerpted from The Great Simplification Episode #101 aired on
December 13th, 2023<br>
Full Episode: <br>
Arthur Berman: " "Shale Oil and the Slurping Sound"
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTh2nBEcCs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTh2nBEcCs</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQaOrudvX10">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQaOrudvX10</a><br>
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<i>[ Chris Goninger Meteorologist - received death threats for
climate coverage - less than 3 min video ]</i><br>
<b>Chris Gloninger: The Price of Climate Truth Telling</b><br>
greenmanbucket<br>
Mar 4, 2024<br>
I spoke to meteorologist Chris Gloninger, who found out the hard way
that telling the truth about climate change can trigger some of the
worst members of society.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqBkJeigQg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqBkJeigQg</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> </font> March 5, 2014: <br>
MSNBC's Ed Schultz declares that he was wrong to support the
Keystone XL pipeline.<br>
Hearing locals' fight to stop the building of the Keystone XL
Pipeline in Nebraska changes perspective. Ed Schultz, Ernest
Scheyder and Rep. Grijalva discuss.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.msnbc.com/the-ed-show/watch/i-was-wrong-ed-says-dont-build-pipeline-183554627935">http://www.msnbc.com/the-ed-show/watch/i-was-wrong-ed-says-dont-build-pipeline-183554627935</a><br>
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