In addition to lying, these big companies are responsible for billions of dollars worth of damage to the state and the people of California, and they need to pay up.

It has promised its residents 100% renewable energy by the year 2045, and has spent billions of dollars to make that happen. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom explained, “California is suing these big polluters to hold them accountable for their decades of deception, cover-up, and billions of dollars in harm done to our state.”

It says that Big Oil deception has caused “Wildfires wiping out entire communities, toxic smoke clogging our air, deadly heat waves, record-breaking droughts parching our wells.”

In fact, just this year, California has experienced 5,741 wildfires that have burned more than 305,000 acres of land. 

Extensive rain has also led to flooding, and over 200,000 California homes have been damaged by water just this year.

Rising temperatures not only cause the extreme weather, but also can be quite dangerous for residents, pets, and even wildlife. 

He said, “California taxpayers shouldn’t have to foot the bill. California is taking action to hold big polluters accountable.”

He told the press, “Enough is enough,” and continued, “Oil and gas companies have privately known the truth for decades — that the burning of fossil fuels leads to climate change — but have fed us lies and mistruths to further their record-breaking profits at the expense of our environment.”

For years, people around the country and the world have known that fossil fuels, greenhouse emissions, oil spills, and a wide variety of other aspects of the oil industry were causing irrefutable damage to the planet.

It will no longer be a leading industry, and some hope it will have to shut down the majority of its offshore drilling sites any day now.

Fortunately, no matter what happens, California will continue to dedicate its time, money and resources to clean, green energy to save not only their beautiful state, but the world as a whole.