Charleston Sues Big Oil Over Climate ‘Campaign of Deception’ (1)

Charleston, S.C., is the latest city to sue the oil industry over allegedly misleading the public about the impacts of fossil fuels on climate change.

Mayor John Tecklenburg (D) announced Wednesday that he’s taking Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc, and others to court for a “multidecade campaign of deception” that has promoted fossil fuels despite their role as the primary driver of global temperature rise.

He said in a news conference that “it’s not fair to the citizens of Charleston to have to bear the burden” of local infrastructure improvements and repairs to ...