Climate Change

City argues banning of toxic substance should be a top environmental justice priority

“We stand with science, and we will not relent in our fight to protect the environment for our children and the generations to come.”

“The Trump Administration tried to block decades of progress because it refused to accept science. It’s time to relegate that administration and its policies to the compost bin of history.”

“We will not let the Trump Administration block decades of progress because they refuse to accept science.”

“It is time for these companies to pay their fair share. They should not be able to stick taxpayers with the bill for the damage they knew they were causing.”

Five major oil companies knew about the direct link between their products and the harmful and expensive impacts of climate change

City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit against the top five oil and gas companies in Sept. 2017 over costs of climate change

City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s statement in response to the climate change tutorial

Companies knew for decades that their products caused climate change and posed ‘catastrophic’ risk, but misled the public and continued to make enormous profits