Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., Et al.

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Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., Et al. is a lawsuit filed February 26, 2008 in U.S. federal court.^[1] The suit seeks monetary damages from members of the energy lobby for the destruction of Kivalina, Alaska due to climate change.^[2]

Contents 1 Plaintiffs 2 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 3 Defendants 4 Nature of the suit 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Plaintiffs

• Native Village of Kivalina, Alaska
• City of Kivalina

[edit] Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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."^[3]

[edit] See also

• Climate change denial
• Kivalina, Alaska

[edit] References

1. ^ "Climate Change Threatens Existence, Eskimo Lawsuit Says." CNN 27 Feb 2008
2. ^ "Flooded Village Files Suit, Citing Corporate Link to Climate Change." New York Times 27 Feb 2008
3. ^ Kivalina Complaint