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New Jersey Sues 5 Oil Giants, Industry Lobby for Climate Fraud

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'We will work tirelessly to make sure these companies pay every last dollar for the harm they've caused,' says NewJerseyOAG of a suit against five oil giants and the API. 'If you lie to the public to protect your profits, we will hold you accountable.'

have known since as far back as the early 1970s that burning fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases that cause global heating.

New Jersey Commissioner of Environmental Protection Shawn M. LaTourette said that"New Jersey is ground zero for some of the worst impacts of climate change." "All this while we rush to ween ourselves off the very products these companies have long known would fuel our pain but deceived New Jerseyans about, because keeping us addicted was better for their bottom line," LaTourette added."It was wrong to mislead us; wrong to undermine climate science; wrong to put profit over people and the planet that we share. It is time New Jersey demands accountability.

 

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NewJerseyOAG meanwhile on Linky: bp_plc Oh we'll tidy up the trash- sure

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