New York drags oil majors to court over climate change role 23 Apr 2021 (Last Updated April 23rd, 2021 11:44)
The City of New York in the US has sued three major oil companies and an industry trade group for allegedly misleading consumers by exaggerating the role that their products play in climate change.
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The City of New York in the US has sued three major oil companies and an industry trade group for allegedly misleading consumers by exaggerating the role that their products play in climate change.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Corporation Counsel James E Johnson announced that they have filed a lawsuit in the state court against Exxon, Shell, BP and the American Petroleum Institute claiming that the companies have violated consumer protection law through false advertising and deceptive trade practices.
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Want to ditch the mask? ‘Go get the vax’ says Mayor de Blasio
Now there’s a question with a premise Mayor de Blasio can agree on.
When asked Thursday if the city should consider using the lure of ditching masks as an incentive for vaccine-hesitant New Yorkers to go ahead and get their COVID shots, de Blasio wholeheartedly embraced the idea Thursday, saying that “the best way to know we’re out of the woods is to see those vaccination numbers go up and up and up.”
The mayor, who’s known among City Hall reporters for regularly disagreeing with the premise of their questions, agreed that the prospect of shedding masks should be used as a carrot, but said he’s not considering issuing such a mask-ditching decree until June at the earliest.