芝加哥起诉英国石油公司、雪佛龙、康菲石油公司、埃克森美孚、壳牌和 API 涉嫌助长气候变化并开展气候欺骗活动。 Chicago sues BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell, and API for allegedly contributing to climate change and running a climate deception campaign.
芝加哥对五家主要石油和天然气公司（英国石油公司、雪佛龙公司、康菲石油公司、埃克森美孚公司、壳牌公司）和美国石油学会提起诉讼，指责它们在气候变化及其影响方面发挥了作用，指责它们发起“气候欺骗活动” ”以保护他们的利润。 Chicago has filed a lawsuit against five major oil and gas companies (BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell) and the American Petroleum Institute for their alleged role in contributing to climate change and its effects, accusing them of mounting a "climate deception campaign" to protect their profits. 这使得芝加哥成为一系列因气候变化对城市和州影响而对化石燃料分销商采取法律行动的政府机构中最新的一个。 This makes Chicago the latest in a series of government bodies taking legal action against fossil fuel distributors over climate change impacts on cities and states. 自 2017 年以来，加利福尼亚州、科罗拉多州、夏威夷州、马里兰州、新泽西州、纽约州、俄勒冈州、南卡罗来纳州和波多黎各的城市也采取了类似的行动。 Similar actions have been taken by cities in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, and Puerto Rico since 2017.