The city of Baltimore has filed lawsuits against 26 oil and natural gas companies seeking climate change reparations, Kallanish Energy reports.
“For 50 years, these companies have known their products would cause rising seas and other climate change-related problems facing Baltimore today,” City Solicitor Andre Davis said in a July 20 press conference.
“They could have warned us,” he said. “They could have taken steps to minimize or avoid the damage. In fact, they had a responsibility to do both, but they didn’t, and that’s why we are taking them to court.”
The Baltimore suits were filed in state court in Maryland one day after a federal judge had dismissed a similar suit filed by New York City.
Suits filed by San Francisco and Oakland in California had been dismissed last June.
Among the companies named as defendants in the Baltimore suits are ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP and Citgo.
The suits also allege eight offenses against the companies.
Baltimore joins 13 other cities and states that have sued for climate reparations.
Baltimore’s waterfront is 60 miles long and rising levels will have a huge impact on the city and its residents, officials said.
https://www.shaledirectories.com/blog/baltimore-sues-26-energy-companies-for-climate-reparations/
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