Sue Big Oil
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Vancouver city councillors voted this week to start filling a war chest to sue Big Oil for the climate damage its products are causing.
It’s part of a clever campaign that could easily be rolled out across the country. Sue Big Oil was launched just over a month ago, inviting citizens in B.C. to join together and press their local governments to agree to a simple request: put $1 per resident into a legal fund for a class action lawsuit.
“The oil and gas industry reaps profits because communities and the public are paying its costs,” says Andrew Gage, explaining the underlying rationale for a court case. Andrew is one of the legal eagles at West Coast Environmental Law helping organize the campaign.