Vancouver council bills taxpayers, not oil companies, for climate-fuelled storms and rising sea levels
Last July, the city of Vancouver pledged $1 per resident to bring a class-action lawsuit against the largest oil companies, but those funds are nowhere to be found in the 2023 budget. By Andrew Gage This piece was originally published on March 2, 2023 in The Vancouver Sun. In 1988, scientists working for the oil […]
Gibsons votes to sue Big Oil
For Immediate Release – March 8, 2023 GIBSONS, BC – Last night, Gibsons Council voted unanimously to work with other local governments in BC to file a class action lawsuit against global fossil fuel companies to recover a fair share of the climate costs they are incurring. This means setting aside at least $1 per […]
BC Local Government Candidates Pledge to Sue Big Oil
The candidates who want to represent you on Council and Regional District Boards are vying for election, and one critical issue is how will they protect you from climate change – both from its impacts and from the costs that our communities will need to pay due to the world’s ongoing addiction to fossil fuels. […]
This election raise your voice (and vote) for climate
On October 15th we need to elect climate leaders in BC’s local government elections – leaders willing to grapple with the challenges of how to keep our communities safe from climate change. We’re relying on you to raise these important questions with the candidates in the election. It’s crucial that those elected know that their […]
Say it loud and proud on social media: British Columbians support a lawsuit against Big Oil
Vancouver’s ‘Sue Big Oil’ decision last month generated some loud controversy. The motion was passed in a 6-5 decision, with councillors agreeing to allocate $1 per resident towards a future class action lawsuit by local governments against major fossil fuel companies for the costs of climate change. The historic decision was covered in local and international news […]
HISTORIC WIN: Vancouver votes to fund climate lawsuit against Big Oil
[UPDATE – August 20, 2023 – Please note that this is an older press release that is out of date. Subsequent to the Vancouver Council’s vote in July 2022, a municipal election was held in October 2022. The newly elected Council, in February 2023, voted against continuing with that commitment. For more information see our […]
Vancouver votes on Sue Big Oil!
Exciting news! Vancouver City Councillor Adriane Carr has tabled a Motion in support of the Sue Big Oil campaign. If the motion passes, the City would add a fund for a class action lawsuit against fossil fuel companies to the draft 2023 city budget – with $1 per resident or about $662,000. Needless to say, […]
“We are going to Sue Big Oil”: The birth of a new movement
“We are going to sue Big Oil,” noted journalist Avi Lewis told us. “This is an historic moment, and you are going to be able to tell everyone you were here when it began.” Over 150 people gathered on Zoom at noon on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 to hear Avi and our special guests launch […]
IPCC’s report suggests criminal abdication of climate leadership will be fought in the courts
Do you, like us, think that governments and fossil fuel companies should be sued for what they have done to our atmosphere? This was one of the lenses with which we read last week’s new report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. While the report is frankly […]
Protecting Vancouver from climate change is costly—and Big Oil should help pay
This op-ed was originally published in the Georgia Straight on December 17th, 2021. Recently, many Vancouverites received an email from Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s office about Vancouver city council’s decision to adopt its 2022 budget, celebrating that it “put climate action and public safety at the centre” and delivered “equitable, efficient, long-term funding for Vancouver’s Climate Emergency Action […]
