'President Biden should unequivocally voice his support for the people of Maui and Honolulu in their efforts to put fossil fuel companies on trial for their climate deception and make polluters pay,' said one activist.
Lahaina, the former capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Both complaints highlight how rising global temperatures are making fires on the islands worse.
"Hawaii communities are on the frontlines of the fight to hold Big Oil companies accountable for knowingly increasing the risks of deadly wildfires and other climate disasters," Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity , Friday. "President Biden should unequivocally voice his support for the people of Maui and Honolulu in their efforts to put fossil fuel companies on trial for their climate deception and make polluters pay for the damage they have caused."oral arguments for the fossil fuel industry's attempts to dismiss the Honolulu case.
Wiles added Friday that "simply connecting the deadly Maui fires and other recent disasters to climate change is not enough; it's time for President Biden to make clear to the American people that the oil and gas industry must be held accountable for their lies and pollution that continue to fuel the climate crisis."
Whether Biden will take a position on the Hawaiian climate cases is hard to predict, given his administration's mixed messages on such litigation. While the U.S. Department of Justice in March
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