美国纽约市就气候变化问题指控石油公司

中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯1月10日消息，美国纽约市对五家大型石油公司提起诉讼，要求赔偿数十亿美元来保护该市免受气候变化的影响。

上述提交到美国曼哈顿地方法院的起诉书称：“在该诉讼中，纽约市寻求将气候变化给保护该市带来的成本转移给那些几乎尽其所能来制造生存威胁的公司。”

被起诉的石油公司包括英国石油公司(BP)、雪佛龙公司、康菲石油公司、埃克森美孚和荷兰皇家壳牌集团。

张春晓 摘译自 道琼斯

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City Sues Oil Companies Over Climate Change

New York City filed a lawsuit against five major oil companies, asking for billions of dollars to protect the city from climate change.

"In this litigation, the City seeks to shift the costs of protecting the City from climate change impacts back onto the companies that have done nearly all they could to create this existential threat," said the complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

The city filed the suit against oil companies BP PLC, Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC.