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File #: 23-871    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Report Status: Carried
File created: 11/10/2023 In control: Environmental Services Committee
On agenda: 11/15/2023 Final action: 12/13/2023
Title: Motion with Notice: Class Action Lawsuit Sue Big Oil (Director Holman)
Attachments: 1. Appendix A: Suing Fossil Fuel Giants: An Introduction, 2. Appendix B: When Regional Districts Sue Big Oil

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Motion with Notice: Class Action Lawsuit Sue Big Oil (Director Holman)

 

Recommendation

[At the November 15, 2023 Environmental Services Committee meeting, the following motion with notice was amended to add “role of” and carried as follows:]

The Environmental Services Committee recommends to the Capital Regional District Board:

That staff report on the feasibility, merits and role of joining other local governments in a proposed class action lawsuit to recover a fair share of climate costs from ‘big oil’.

(NWA)