Chicago sues oil companies for causing climate change [Video]

The city of Chicago filed a sprawling lawsuit against six of the world’s largest oil and gas companies and a leading energy industry association, accusing them of deceiving consumers in the city about the “climate dangers” posed by fossil fuels.

In its nearly 200-page complaint filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County late Tuesday, Chicago listed BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Phillips 66, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute (API) as defendants. The filing blames the companies for causing global warming broadly and a series of specific deadly weather events in the city stretching back decades.

“There is no justice without accountability,” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a statement. “From the unprecedented poor air quality that we experienced last summer to the basement floodings that our residents on the West Side experienced, the consequences of this crisis are …