"Puerto Rico Sues Oil Companies for $1 Billion in Climate Damages," 17 July 2024

Puerto Rico is suing the oil and gas industry for at least $1 billion... seeking compensation for the effects of climate change.

Filed Monday in the Court of First Instance of San Juan, the lawsuit claims that despite knowing their products would pollute the island and cause temperatures to warm, Exxon Mobil, BP, Chevron and other companies marketed and promoted oil and gas using unfair and deceptive trade practices.

The lawsuit alleges that the companies failed to provide warnings about the environmental risks associated with burning fossil fuels...

There is already one climate lawsuit pending in Puerto Rico... Exxon at the time of Puerto Rico's last lawsuit said that cases like it “waste millions of dollars of taxpayer money and do nothing to advance meaningful actions that reduce the risks of climate change.”

The company said that it would “continue to invest in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while meeting society’s growing demand for energy.”