By Dave Sebastian New York City has sued Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell PLC, BP PLC and the trade group American Petroleum Institute for allegedly misleading consumers about the climate effects of the companies products. The lawsuit, filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, alleges the oil-and-gas companies and the group violated the city s Consumer Protection Law by convincing customers that the purchase and use of their products contributes to addressing climate change. The city called the move false and misleading for not disclosing the effects associated with the use of fossil-fuel products. My Earth Day message to Big Oil: See you in court, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday. Earth Day is April 22.
Going green in NYC with electric school buses, composting, and a big oil lawsuit
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This Earth Day, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced some big efforts to go green in the city like electric school buses, the return of composting, and a big lawsuit against big oil.
Mayor de Blasio first announced 100% of New York City s school bus fleet will electric by 2035.
The mayor said that the city is building upon its goal of having a 100% electric city fleet by 2040, with buses leading the way.
The city will also pursue a local law requiring all new parking lots to include electric vehicle charging.
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PITTSBURGH – An Erie insurance company is litigating on behalf of 17 of its policyholders who all lost personal property and possessions in a storage unit fire two years ago, claiming that the defendants’ negligence in failing to verify the operation of the unit’s sprinkler system led to the severity of the fire at issue.
Erie Insurance Exchange (a/s/o Joseph and Susan Leader, William Dobransky, William Doyle, Shelley and Lon Farr, Linda Frank, Nathaniel Franskousky, Charles and Judith Hartman, Michael Kumnik, Michael Lieb, Anthony Mauro, Quinn Passarelli, Gary Ruhle, Mark Schmidt and Stephen Yarnot) of Erie filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on April 9 versus OFFICExpress, LLC and SX Management, LLC (doing business as “STORExpress”) of Wexford, EKM Construction, Inc. of Burlington, N.C. and Approved Fire Protection, Inc. of Greenburg.