Climate Change
Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts
Republican attorneys general, GOP lawmakers, industry groups and the president himself are all maneuvering to foreclose the ability of cities and states to hold the fossil fuel industry liable for damages linked to climate change.
As efforts continue to hold some of the world’s largest fossil fuel corporations liable for destructive and deadly climate impacts, backlash from the politically powerful oil and gas industry and its allies in government is on the rise, bolstered by the Trump administration’s allegiance to fossil fuels.
Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts