DoomsdaysCW<p>Tribes Sue Six Oil Giants for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDeception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDeception</span></a></p><p>"These oil companies knew their products were dangerous, yet they did nothing to mitigate those dangers or warn any of us about them, for decades," said the chairwoman of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShoalwaterBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShoalwaterBay</span></a> Indian Tribe. </p><p>Julia Conley<br>Dec 20, 2023</p><p>"Two Indigenous tribes in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a> said Wednesday that they intend to force several oil giants 'to help pay for the high costs of surviving the catastrophe caused by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a>,' as they filed lawsuits in the state's largest trial court.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Makah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Makah</span></a> Indian Tribe and Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe filed two separate complaints in King County Superior Court against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonMobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonMobil</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BP</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConocoPhillips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConocoPhillips</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Phillips66" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phillips66</span></a>, saying the defendants must be held 'accountable for their deceptive and unfair conduct, and pay for the damage their deceptive conduct has caused and will cause for decades to come.'</p><p>"The lawsuits—among dozens filed against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> since 2017—detail the extent to which the companies have long known that their fossil fuel extraction would drive planetary heating and the resulting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLevelRise</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> crises, and other impacts of the climate crisis, which now costs the U.S. roughly $150 billion per year just in damages from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hurricanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hurricanes</span></a> and other weather disasters.</p><p>"'We are seeing the effects of the climate crisis on our people, our land, and our resources. The costs and consequences to us are overwhelming,' said Timothy Greene Sr., chairman of the Makah Tribal Council. 'We intend to hold these companies accountable for hiding the truth about climate change and the effects of burning fossil fuels.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/tribes-sue-oil-companies" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/tribes-s</span><span class="invisible">ue-oil-companies</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandStewards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandStewards</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Stewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stewardship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNews</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanNews</span></a></p>