Canadian municipalities increasingly support climate change litigation against oil and gas companies:
The Vancouver City Council is the first Canadian municipal government
to consider and pass a motion directing city staff to set aside up to
$1 per Vancouver resident in the City’s 2023 Operating Budget to fund a
proposed class action lawsuit seeking to recover climate change-related
costs. The motion endorses a campaign led by West Coast Environmental
Law and the Georgia Strait Alliance that calls on local governments to
fund class action litigation against oil and gas companies to recover
the costs municipalities incur as a result of climate change. The
campaign suggests these costs result primarily from burning fossil fuels
and targets several large companies including British Petroleum,
Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Saudi Aramco, and Shell.
Other Canadian municipalities have also passed motions to explore
options for recovering climate change-related costs from oil and gas
companies.
Canadian municipalities increasingly support climate change litigation against oil and gas companies: The Vancouver City Council is the first Canadian municipal government
to consider and pass a motion directing city staff to set aside up to
$1 per Vancouver resident in the City’s 2023 Operating Budget to fund a
proposed class action lawsuit seeking to recover climate change-related
costs. The motion endorses a campaign led by West Coast Environmental
Law and the Georgia Strait Alliance that calls on local governments to
fund class action litigation against oil and gas companies to recover
the costs municipalities incur as a result of climate change. The
campaign suggests these costs result primarily from burning fossil fuels
and targets several large companies including British Petroleum,
Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Saudi Aramco, and Shell.Other Canadian municipalities have also passed motions to explore
options for recovering climate change-related costs from oil and gas
companies.Read More