Sue Big Oil

🎉 BREAKING NEWS: What is currently known as the District of and the Village of join , , , , , , and in committing to work together to bring a class action lawsuit against global fossil fuel companies for a share of the costs of climate change.

👏 Cumberland has recently had to borrow $2.5 million to make its water system climate-resilient, just one example of the major climate costs facing Cumberland and other BC communities. This now brings the total to 9 communities in B.C. who are working together to .

🔥 Over 11,000 British Columbians have signed a Declaration calling for BC local governments to Sue Big Oil. The Sue Big Oil campaign is endorsed by over 40 organizations in BC and has volunteer action teams in communities throughout the province that are asking their local governments to participate.

❤️ Congratulations to Sechelt, Cumberland, and all the grassroots teams across the province who are leading the fight against climate change!

Learn more: https://suebigoil.ca/cumberland-votes-to-sue-big-oil/
https://suebigoil.ca/sechelt-becomes-eighth-bc-municipality-to-join-sue-big-oil/

SBO TriCities co-lead Ben Perry opines on how Sue Big Oil is an economically practical and counterintuitive strategy to tackle climate change. Read here at the link below

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Drum roll please.... City of Port Moody has just become the 7th BC community to join Sue Big Oil. We applaud Council for taking this bold step to protect residents from climate costs.

SBO TriCities co-lead Ben Perry (Force of Nature Alliance) opines on how Sue Big Oil is an economically practical and "counterintuitive strategy" to tackle climate change.

🔥 BREAKING NEWS: What is currently known as the City of - Local Government just voted 8-1 to make major pay a fair share of costs.

🎉 Kudos to Burnaby for demonstrating climate leadership and protecting taxpayers from soaring climate costs.

💥 Which other municipalities will join Burnaby in this groundbreaking initiative to hold fossil fuel companies accountable? The time is now.

Some BC residents living in zones at high risk of flood and fire can not afford the rising cost of insurance premiums, which are expected to increase, according to a National Observer article

New study reveals that the cost of environmental damage will be 6X higher than cost to limit global heating to 2C. Average incomes will fall by almost 1/5 in the next 26 years due to the climate crisis. Rising temperatures, heavier rainfall and more frequent and extreme weather are projected to cause $38tn of destruction each year by mid-century.

Does the City of Vancouver have a fiscal responsibility to recover major costs on behalf of its citizens, like it has for bridge repairs? The city is already spending $50M per year (and rising) to rebuild after climate disasters and prevent future harm, so why don't they want to hold Big Oil accountable?

Does the City of Vancouver have a fiscal responsibility to recover major costs on behalf of its citizens, like it has for bridge repairs? The city is already spending $50M per year (and rising) to rebuild after climate disasters and prevent future harm, so why don't they want to hold Big Oil accountable?

Opinion: Vancouver city council offers fossil fuels a free pass Vancouver city council sues for bridge repairs, but rejects idea of suing fossil fuel companies for climate damages

Does the City of Vancouver have a fiscal responsibility to recover major costs on behalf of its citizens, like it has for bridge repairs? The city is already spending $50M per year (and rising) to rebuild after climate disasters and prevent future harm, so why don't they want to hold Big Oil accountable?

Opinion: Vancouver city council offers fossil fuels a free pass Vancouver city council sues for bridge repairs, but rejects idea of suing fossil fuel companies for climate damages

Momentum continues to build as 5 communities have now joined the campaign. We're aiming to enlist local governments representing at least 10% of BC’s population to file a class-action suit. Who will be next?

One way that Big Oil can reduce their exposure to lawsuits is to stop polluting as quickly as possible, recommends an insurance lawyer. Until then we need to keep building momentum to make this a reality. Read more about how this campaign can guide us towards a safer future.

🌟 – the third largest city in the US – joins dozens of communities suing companies for a fair share of costs.

🔥 Chicago communities face several environmental challenges, such as air pollution, massive flooding, dangerous heatwaves – all of which disproportionately affect equity-deserving communities.

📌 Let's ! To learn more: https://climateintegrity.org/news/chicago-joins-the-growing-wave-of-climate-accountability-lawsuits-against-big-oil

📌 residents! Something exciting is happening in Burnaby right now. Burnaby City Council is considering whether to support , a BC-wide class action lawsuit against major and polluters.

🔥 With heat waves, drought, wildfires, floods, and storms all expected to worsen as a result of climate change, the City of Burnaby won’t be able to afford the skyrocketing costs of climate change. needs to pay its fair share.

💵 Joining is a fiscally responsible way for Burnaby to protect its residents from these climate costs.

🌟 Burnaby City Council needs to know they have your support – they are expected to make a decision in the coming weeks ❗Head over to suebigoil.ca/burnaby/ and send your personalized letter now!

Check out our Events page and let us know if you will be going or are interested!

📢 Call to action! Let’s make it a mega-rally on February 28 at 3:30 pm in front of the BCTF building to DIVEST NOW from dangerous fossil fuels, and weapons!

🔥 Teachers pensions are being invested in fossil fuels that cause our climate crisis, and weapons that are killing tens of thousands of innocent people including mostly children in Palestine.

📌 Bring yourself, signs, and all of your friends to send them a clear message: Divest from fossil fuels and weapons NOW!

🌟 We hope to have a lively rally! There will also be musical performances

Congrats to the Village of Slocan! They are the fifth municipality in BC – and the first in BC's interior – to commit to join a class action lawsuit against Big Oil. Momentum is building!

Slocan Council votes unanimously to join Sue Big Oil The Village of Slocan is the fifth municipality in BC – and the first in the BC interior – to commit to join a class action lawsuit against Big Oil.

Coupled with inflation, climate damages and proactive climate action are becoming incredibly costly for local governments. Staff at the District of Saanich in B.C. propose to recover costs of climate damages by suing the largest oil and gas companies, who knowingly warmed the planet for profit.
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In B.C., inflation threatens local government's climate plans Staff at the District of Saanich have become the first in Canada to propose an aggressive solution to close the fiscal gap and balance the district's budget: sue the world's largest oil and gas companies.

🔥 BREAKING NEWS: Qualicum Beach has just become the 4th BC community to join the class action lawsuit to hold polluters accountable for climate costs!

📌 Sign the Sue Big Oil Declaration to show your support for suing Big Oil. www.suebigoil.ca/declaration

🌟 For qathet/Powell River residents:

📅 Join us on Saturday, February 24th, at 1:30pm, at the Patricia Theatre for a free film screening and discussion. The film, Power of Big Oil: Denial, explores the fossil fuel industry’s role in blocking climate action.

🗣 Following the film will be a panel discussion featuring Fiona Koza (from West Coast Environmental Law) and Rob Southcott (city councilor and local activist). There will be a Q&A discussion about the skyrocketing costs of climate change in qathet and holding Big Oil accountable. Feel free to stay past 3:30pm and continue the discussion!

🌎 This event is hosted by Sue Big Oil qathet and West Coast Environmental Law, and in collaboration with: West Coast Environmental Law, Sue Big Oil qathet, qathet Climate Alliance, Council of Canadians qathet Chapter, qathet Fridays for Future, and Let’s Talk Trash. Please visit our LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/suebigoilqathet for more information, or email [email protected].

Washington's Makah and Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribes are being forced to begin moving their communities to higher ground as sea levels rise, largely due to climate change. The Tribes are suing Big Oil, who have known for decades that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate damages, and chose to lie to protect their enormous profits.

Pacific Northwest tribes are taking Big Oil to court Two Pacific Northwest tribes are taking Big Oil companies to court to make them pay for the climate damages the tribes have suffered and will continue to endure because of the industry’s decades of lies.

On today’s Day of Action for Palestine, West Coast Environmental Law is dedicating our social media channels to amplifying voices, news and actions calling for an end to violence in Palestine. We encourage our supporters to learn more and take action.

We call on the government of Canada to take all measures possible to secure an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza as well as urgent and sustained access to humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians. We decry ongoing violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, and add our voices to those of other lawyers seeking justice for victims of the ongoing genocide. We stand in solidarity with people around the world demanding immediate action to end the violence, the release of all hostages, and for justice and peace and freedom for Palestinian people.

Artwork by Ebrul Ahmed

Most US Voters Agree: Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Damage. "Voters resoundingly endorse fossil fuel companies contributing their fair share to address a crisis they helped manufacture and still refuse to help fix".

Most US Voters Agree: Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Damage "Voters resoundingly endorse fossil fuel companies contributing their fair share to address a crisis they helped manufacture and still refuse to help fix," said one campaigner.

The is calling out on their . Let's remember that and others put their profits ahead of our communities' safety because they think they can. .

Fossil fuel companies aren’t advancing climate solutions. This report proves it. Oil companies are promoting “illusory” solutions instead of funding real ones, a new report by the International Energy Agency found.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Sue Big Oil. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. A cost recovery class action lawsuit to help towns and cities with the price of climate change Join Andrew Gage, lawyer for West Coast Environmental Law, Duncan Smith, from the successful Gibson’s campaign, and Councillor Jenna Stoner to learn about the what, why and how you can get your town invo...

🔥 For decades, oil and gas corporations have known that burning fossil fuels would cause the heat waves, wildfires, drought and flooding that we’re now experiencing in .

🗣 We must force oil and gas corporations to change their business practices and pay their fair share for the harm they’re causing. How do we pay for a safer and healthier future for all British Columbians? Let's Sue Big Oil.

📌 Sign the declaration here: suebigoil.ca/declaration/

BC's Capital Regional District is considering joining the Sue Big Oil lawsuit at a board meeting this month to help recover costs of climate damages from extreme weather, such as droughts and wind storms, that are currently being paid by communities.

CRD to vote on studying impact of joining lawsuit against ‘big oil’ firms - Vancouver Island Free Daily Campaign hopes to help communities recoup costs related to climate change