03/29/2024

Is an Eco-Billionaire Funding Oakland’s Climate Lawsuit?

A report from the Daily Mail last December also showed a close linkage between these lawsuits and Steyer. Two officials inside his nonprofit group, NextGen, were briefed in 2015 on the strategy behind a legal crusade against various oil producers, the Daily Mail report noted at the times. He has repeatedly denied any involvement in campaigns to sue companies like Exxon.

But documents and emails have continued to leak out suggesting otherwise. Oakland, San Francisco and New York City began pursuing lawsuits against major oil companies in early 2016 to flesh out the degree to which they were contributing to greenhouse gas levels. San Francisco announced it would sue companies like BP, Chevron, Exxon and others, shortly after Steyer provided city’s mayor with a $30,000 campaign donation.

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