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WISCONSIN FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Big Oil Costs Wisconsin Taxpayers $16.7 Billion through 2040

Wisconsin for Environmental Justice Says Officials Should Make Fossil Fuel Companies Pay Fair Share

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ABOUT US

  • We are a group of concerned citizens dedicated to seeking accountability for climate change in WI.

  • This year we will be working with other partners and organizations in WI to build grassroots support for holding the fossil fuel industry liable for deception regarding the climate crisis in WI. 

  • We have already met with the Wisconsin Attorney General to urge him to take legal action to hold the fossil fuel industry responsible for climate change in WI.

“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors;
we borrow it from our children”

-Native American Proverb

 40 Lawsuits Filed as of October 2025 

States

​Maine  2024
California 2023
Puerto Rico  2022
California  2023
New Jersey   2020
Vermont  2021
Connecticut   2020
Delware  2020
District of Columbia   2020
Minnesota   2020
Massachusetts   2019
Rhode Island  2018
Hawaii2025

Tribal Land

Shoalwater Bay  2023
Makah Indian   2023

Cities

Chicago 2024
San Juan. PR  2023
Cities of Puerto Rico 2022
New York City  2024
Annapolis, MD  2021
Charleston, SC 2021
Hoboken, NJ 2020
Honolulu 2020
Baltimore 2020
San Miquel, CO 2018
Boulder, CO 2018
Richmond, CA 2017
Oakland, CA 2017
San Francisco, CA 2017
Santa Cruz, CA 2017
Imperial Beach,CA  7/ 2017

 

 

Counties

Bucks,PA   2024
Multnamah, OR  2017
Anne Arundel, MD  2017
Maui, Hawaii  2017
Santa Cruz, CA  2017
Marin. CA  2017
San Mateo,CA   7/2017
Ford, KS  2025

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

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2023 Has Been A Big Year for Climate Accountability in the Courts 

DeSmog

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Wisconsin AG urged to sue oil companies for climate damages

POLITICO's E&E News

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Voters want lying polluters to pay for climate costs

Center for Climate Integrity

A graphic with the headline "POLITICO's E&E News. Wisconin AG urged to sue oil companies for climate damages. A new liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is raising pressure on the attorney general to join climate litigation. By: Minho Kim | 04/28/2023 06:52 AM EDT. "We're trying to get more people saying, 'Now's the time to get going, Kaul,'" said Tom Seery, a former Wisconsin state legislator and a leader of Wisconsin for Environmental Justice, whose steering committee includes prominent environmental and labor groups in the state."
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"We won't have a society if we destroy the environment." -Margaret Mead

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