Big news: California’s Attorney General is suing Big Oil for 50 years of deception, cover-up, and damage that cost taxpayers billions of dollars in health and environmental impacts.

With the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events like Hurricanes Milton and Helene increasing due to fossil fuel pollution, Biden can order his own Attorney General to investigate Big Oil Now!

The People of the State of California v. Big Oil are suing because:

• Oil and gas executives have known for decades about the dangers of the fossil fuels they produce.

• Industry-funded reports directly linked fossil fuel consumption to rising global temperatures and damage to our air, land, and water.

• Oil companies intentionally suppressed that information from the public and policymakers to protect their profits, and spent billions of dollars to spread disinformation on climate change and delay our transition away from fossil fuels.

• Oil companies used this information for their own profits, developing new technology to explore the Arctic for oil production because they knew Arctic sea ice was melting.

• The deception continues today: Oil companies promote fossil fuel products as “clean” or “green” or “low-emissions” that still produce carbon pollution, and they tout their renewable fuel products that actually make up a fraction of a percent of their earnings.

For too long, fossil fuel companies have been allowed to mislead investors, regulators, and the public about the risks associated with their products. After internally acknowledging that the pollution from their products was causing the planet to overheat, they funded a national media campaign with the singular goal of repositioning global warming as a theory (not fact). The leaders of these companies have failed in their moral and fiduciary responsibilities by choosing to NOT disclose the environmental and financial risks associated with their business.

The fight for a livable planet is bigger than California or any one state―we need Biden to take what federal action he can before Trump brings Big Oil back into power in the White House.

Sign the petition to urge Biden to mandate that his Department of Justice:

1. Launch a comprehensive investigation into the climate change disclosures of all major fossil fuel companies operating in the United States.

2. Hold these companies accountable for any misleading statements or omissions regarding the risks associated with their products.

3. Require fossil fuel companies to make accurate and comprehensive disclosures about the financial risks associated with climate change, including the potential impacts on their business model and the value of their assets.

The science is clear: global warming is an existential threat to humans being able to live on this planet, and the fossil fuel industry is a major contributor to this crisis. It is imperative that we take immediate action to hold these companies accountable for their role in perpetuating this crisis.

Sign now: Tell Biden to hold fossil fuel corporations accountable now!