3 Coastal California Communities Sue Oil Companies over Sea-Rise

July 19, 2017

Three ocean-front California local governments are taking legal action against oil companies, saying oil giants have known for almost 50 years that fossil fuels are changing the climate and causing sea rise.

Northern California’s Marin and San Mateo counties and the city of Imperial Beach in Southern California filed the complaints in California Superior Court.

The claims name 37 companies producing oil, gas and coal. The Western State Petroleum Association industry group says it is monitoring the cases but does not comment on active litigation.

The claims filed Monday allege that oil companies since the 1970s concealed the harm of fossil fuels to the atmosphere and fought regulation.

Officials in the three beach-front California communities say their residents already are experiencing flooding and higher tides from climate change and sea rise.

Topics Lawsuits California Energy Oil Gas

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  • July 20, 2017 at 11:48 am
    Agent says:
    California desperately needs to put desalination plants in to draw water out of the ocean. I wonder if Al Gore's seaside home has sold yet.
  • July 19, 2017 at 5:30 pm
    Doug Spencer says:
    The probability of rising seas in California in next hundred years may be very minor! The California tides changes every day and season like clockwork since the global cooling... read more
  • July 19, 2017 at 3:35 pm
    Lou says:
    What a bunch of liberal idiots. The oil companies should stop selling oil and gas in California. The only hot air their is out of these idiots mounths.

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