Suing Oil and Gas Companies to Finance Woke Diversity By Chris Knight (Florida)
The city of Chicago is suing five of the world's largest oil and gas companies, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Shell because of the alleged dangers that their energy products, that help keep the multicult diversity of Chicago alive, poses to the climate, environment, etc. The fossil fuel products are allegedly contributing to flooding and extreme heat. "The climate change impacts that Chicago has faced and will continue to face — including more frequent and intense storms, flooding, droughts, extreme heat events and shoreline erosion — are felt throughout every part of the city and disproportionately in low-income communities," the city stated in its lawsuit.
The problem with this, as reported by Igor Chudov, who lives near Chicago, is that there has been no extreme weather in Chicago since the heatwave of 1995, and even if that was proven to be caused by climate change, which is a long bow to pull, it would be a suit long past the statute of limitations for civil actions. The core issue is that of causation, that if harms were identified, those specific fossil-fuel companies therefore responsible. And, the fossil fuel products that they produce, as I said above, go to keeping the diverse folk of Chicago alive during bitter winters (which it has always had, it is normal).
Chicago is a crime-based war zone, and a culturally disintegrating city. The mayor would be better off trying to do something about gang violence. But I guess he thinks that Big Energy is well-cashed up. Maybe the big five should stop deliveries to Chicago, if fossil fuels are so evil?
"Chicago is suing five of the world's largest oil and gas companies, accusing them of lying about their products and the dangers of climate change that contributes to flooding, extreme heat and other destructive forces that hurt the city and its residents.
Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court Tuesday that names BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Shell, accusing the companies of discrediting science and misleading the public as the climate crisis continued to wreak havoc on the planet.
The city is also suing the trade group American Petroleum Institute, which it accuses of conspiring with the companies to deceive consumers through disinformation campaigns even as the industry acknowledged internally that climate change was real.
"The climate change impacts that Chicago has faced and will continue to face — including more frequent and intense storms, flooding, droughts, extreme heat events and shoreline erosion — are felt throughout every part of the city and disproportionately in low-income communities," the city said in its lawsuit.
Chicago is following the lead of New York, California and other cities and states that seek to recoup potentially billions of dollars in damages blamed on the burning of fossil fuels, such as oil and natural gas, that create carbon dioxide and have led to climate change. The city has not asked for a specific amount of money.
The city is asking a court to hold the companies responsible for the costs of climate change, including damage to property and infrastructure necessary to adapt.
For instance, the city said it's spending $188 million on climate projects in low-income communities."
https://www.igor-chudov.com/p/chicago-sues-oil-companies-for-climate
"Mr. Johnson blames Big Oil for extreme weather, flooding, and bad air quality.
However, the weather in Chicago has been exceptionally nice for the last several years. How do I know? I live near the city and spend much of every day outdoors!
You can see three record hot days in 2012 (I remember that) and two record precipitation days in 2010 and 2011. Does it look like Chicago is suffering from climate excesses? Not to me!
The records for August show the same pattern. Essentially no recorded weather extremes since 2010:
Paradoxically, Mayor Johnson blames Big Oil for the heat wave… of 1995!
It specifically cites the more than 700 deaths in the city during an oppressive four-day heatwave in the summer of 1995.
I am not a lawyer, but a 29-year-ago heatwave should be well past the statute of limitations for most civil actions, so I am not sure why Mayor Johnson is bringing it up other than not having any more recent "climate deaths" to back his lawsuit up.
Since no record rainfalls are happening, perhaps flooding should be blamed on the mayor of Chicago, whose job is to control flooding. Understandably, Mr. Johnson would rather blame Big Oil than himself.
Chicago is a densely populated city with many problems. It is often flooded, many streets are strewn with trash, the police do not do their job effectively, the city is near-insolvent, and so on.
After declaring itself a sanctuary city, the city is complaining about the influx of immigrants, as its residents demand reparations.
The city is not without problems - but climate change is not one of them."
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