Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., Et al.

Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., Et al.

Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., Et al. is a lawsuit filed February 26, 2008 in U.S. federal court. [ [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/26/us.warming.ap/index.html "Climate Change Threatens Existence, Eskimo Lawsuit Says." CNN 27 Feb 2008] ] The suit seeks monetary damages from members of the energy lobby for the destruction of Kivalina, Alaska due to climate change. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/us/27alaska.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Flooded Village Files Suit, Citing Corporate Link to Climate Change." "New York Times" 27 Feb 2008] ]

Plaintiffs

*Native Village of Kivalina, Alaska
*City of Kivalina

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

*Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment
**Luke W. Cole
**Brent Newell
*Native American Rights Fund
**Heather Kendall Miller

Defendants

*ExxonMobil Corporation
*BP P.L.C
*BP America, Inc.
*BP Products North America, Inc.
*Chevron Corporation
*Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
*ConocoPhillips Company
*Royal Dutch Shell PLC
*Shell Oil Company
*Peabody Energy Corporation
*The AES Corporation
*American Electric Power Company, Inc.
*American Electric Power Services Corporation
*DTE Energy Company
*Duke Energy Corporation
*Dynegy Holdings, Inc.
*Edison International
*Midamerican Energy Holdings Company
*Mirant Corporation
*NRG Energy
*Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
*Reliant Energy, Inc.
*The Southern Company
*Xcel Energy, Inc.

Nature of the suit

Kivalina v. ExxonMobil has two chief aims. The first is to recover "monetary damages for defendants' past and ongoing contributions to global warming"; the second, to recover "damages caused by certain defendants' acts in furthering a conspiracy to suppress the awareness of the link between these emissions and global warming." [ [http://climatelaw.org/cases/country/us/kivalina/Kivalina%20Complaint.pdf Kivalina Complaint] ]

ee also

*Climate change denial
*Kivalina, Alaska

References

External links

* [http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2008/7/3 Interview on "Democracy Now!" program] , July 3, 2008


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