A large suburban Philadelphia county has joined dozens of other local governments around the country in suing the oil industry, asserting that major oil producers systematically deceived the public about their role in accelerating global warming.
FILE - A roadblock is seen as crews search for a a pair of missing children swept away after weekend rains, Monday, July 17, 2023, in Washington Crossing, in Upper Makefield Township, Pa. Bucks County' has joined dozens of other local governments around the country, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in suing the oil industry, asserting that major oil producers systematically deceived the public about their role in accelerating global warming.
Bucks County, which borders Philadelphia and has a population of about 650,000, is the first local government in Pennsylvania to sue, the climate group said. The county's 31 municipalities will spend $955 million through 2040 to address climate change impacts, the group The suit named as defendants BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Philips 66, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute, an industry group.
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