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Port Moody city council voted Thursday to support a potential class-action lawsuit against large fossil fuel companies. The city is calling on the provincial and federal governments to enact legislation that holds fossil fuel companies financially liable for climate-related harms caused by their contributions to climate change. (Article in Vancouver Sun) Read More

Burnaby Councillors have voted 8 to 1 in favour of joining the Sue Big Oil campaign, with a Councillor citing the financial challenges “our future generation will face” from climate change. Burnaby is currently the largest city to join. (Article in Burnaby Now) Read More

Major fossil-fuel firms have also pledged support for international climate efforts, but they have lobbied against climate laws and regulations they have publicly claimed to support, documents newly revealed by the US House Committee on Oversight and Accountability committee show. (Article from The Guardian) Read More

Bucks County became the first community in Pennsylvania this week to sue oil companies for their climate deception and destruction, joining a wave of communities across the nation demanding that the fossil fuel industry is held accountable for its climate lies. (Article on Center for Climate Integrity website) Read More

The environmental group Stand Environmental Society and two B.C. residents have sued the province’s largest gas utility, claiming FortisBC deceived the public in an effort to convince British Columbians to continue purchasing gas it markets as “renewable.” (Article in Coast Reporter) Read More

West Coast Environment Law group’s Sue Big Oil campaign calls on BC local governments to join forces against fossil fuel giants in a future class-action suit to recover a share of climate-impact costs communities are paying. A growing list of communities have been signing on. Sue Big Oil aims to enlist communities with a combined population of 500,000, or roughly 10 per cent of B.C.’s population before the class-action suit would be brought forward. (Article in Nelson Star) Read More

City of Powell River councillors have elected not to participate in a class action suit against big oil. (Article in The Peak) Read More

On February 21, 2024, Kate McMahon from the Burnaby Sue Big Oil team and Fiona Koza from West Coast Environmental Law presented to the City of Burnaby’s Environment Committee. Read More

Chicago has joined the growing list of US cities and states suing fossil fuel companies for allegedly deceiving the public about the climate crisis. (Article in The Guardian) Read More

Port Moody will consider joining a class-action lawsuit against fossil fuel companies to make them accountable for their role in climate change. Port Moody Mayor Meghan Lahti suggested the city might be open to acting as the suit’s lead plaintiff. (Article in Tricity News) Read More