Sign the petition: The fossil fuel industry broke the law with their lies. Hold them accountable!

 

Sign this petition urging DOJ to make polluters pay. Add your name! There’s no more avoiding it. This summer, global warming became terrifying. Historic wildfires, floods, drought, hurricanes, and more. Global heat records are making our weather systems more chaotic and dangerous than ever.  We have a simple solution: Big Oil caused the climate crisis, so they should pay to fix it.  SIGN HERE. Help us support four progressive Senators in their call for Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to sue fossil fuel companies for misleading the public on climate change. Fossil fuel companies have known about the threat of the climate crisis at least since the 1970s, when the industry predicted global warming with incredible accuracy. Still, these corporations have spent billions spreading doubt and misinformation about the dangers of fossil fuels and promoting climate deniers at all levels of government. In the process, they have cost us a generation’s worth of time to transition our economy onto renewable energy and reverse the terrible impacts we’re currently experiencing. Around the country, more than 30,000 people have already signed on to the call for Merrick Garland to sue fossil fuels for causing climate change. This is on top of a growing wave of lawsuits aimed at holding Big Oil and Gas accountable.  ADD YOUR NAME. Let’s keep the momentum going. Add your name to the petition calling on Attorney General Garland to hold fossil fuels accountable. Tell DOJ to take action now and sue the polluters.  There’s established precedent for this accountability. In the 1990s, the US Department of Justice held major tobacco companies liable for violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The fossil fuel industry has broken laws in perpetuating lies about the climate crisis – it's time for DOJ to finally hold the industry accountable. As we continue to grapple with the impacts of climate change, we are faced daily with the repercussions of the fossil fuel industry’s lies. The cost of climate and weather disasters in the United States last year totaled more than $165 billion — making it the third-most-costly year on record. Marginalized communities, which have made the fewest contributions to greenhouse gases, have faced the most devastating impacts to their health and livelihoods. For over 50 years the fossil fuel industry has used illegal methods to lie and distort public perception of a global crisis. It’s time for accountability NOW! SIGN THE PETITION urging the Department of Justice to sue the industry for violation of federal racketeering laws, truth in advertising laws, consumer protection laws, and potentially other laws. In solidarity,  Mike Tidwell Executive Director Chesapeake Climate Action Network                    -- Have you heard of our advocacy arm, CCAN Action Fund? CCAN Action Fund aims to create change in public policy through voter education, lobbying, and participation in the electoral process. Like CCAN Action Fund on Facebook to stay in the loop:       Want to support our work? Click here to make a one-time or monthly donation. CCAN is building a people-powered movement for bold and just solutions to climate change in the Chesapeake region of Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. We also act as "first-responders" to federal action on the climate crisis and inspire climate action across the country.  www.chesapeakeclimate.org