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Shepard Fairey
@obeygiant

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I’ve long felt that a similar legal action to the suits holding Big Tobacco accountable for lying to and harming the public could be taken against Big Oil based on the same principles. That day has come! California is suing fossil fuel companies to make them pay for climate damages they caused.⁠ Big Oil execs knew they were causing the climate crisis but lied & covered it up.⁠ Thank you @cagovernor for this step forward to #MakePollutersPay!⁠ –S ⁠ What California is asking the court to do: ⁠ • Order the oil companies to pay for the costs of their impacts to the environment, human health, and Californians’ livelihoods, and to help protect the state against the harms that climate change will cause in years to come;⁠ ⁠ • Prohibit oil companies from engaging in further pollution and destruction of California communities and natural resources;⁠ ⁠ • Levy financial penalties on Big Oil for lying to the public, and order the industry to immediately stop its ongoing efforts to deceive or misinform about their catastrophic impacts;⁠ ⁠ • Award punitive damages to the state to punish these companies for their misconduct.⁠